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Revealed: the missing link in the rise of East-West trade

Panama fever: the battle to build the canal, by Matthew Parker By George Rosie

THEREareplansafootto spend many billions of dollars widening the Panama Canal. This engineering glory of the early 20thcenturyisnowtoonarrowto accommodate many of the huge ships that shuttle between Asia, America and Europe.