Opposition may stem from banking Panama secrecy practices and allegations of money laundering, an nothing to do with “free trade”. AIG suing the government for $300 million for tax rebates from its tax havens (including Panama) came at an inopportune time for those pushing the Panamanian FTA.
Well, Pedro Miguel Gonzalez Pinzón, the President of the Panama’s National Assembly, will no doubt clean up the money laundering and narco-trafficking. Maybe after he deals with his indictment for murdering American serviceman Zak Hernández.