Rubio’s Central America Trip Seeks to Counter China, Says State Department
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s upcoming trip to Central America, including a stop in Panama, partly aims to counter China, a State Department spokesperson said on Tuesday. Rubio’s trip will also include El Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and the 
Federal law enforcement arrested eight individuals accused of organizing a large-scale smuggling operation that brought counterfeit goods from China into the United States. The presumed head of the operation remains at large, according to the U.S. Attorney’s