Panama Canal marks 100th anniversary

Global Business

The Panama Canal celebrated its 100th anniversary on Friday.

Marching bands were out in force. Traditional dancers whisked up a storm. There was even a cake.
All to commemorate a massive engineering project that changed the global economy exactly 100 years ago.

Jim Spellman has more on the modern-day challenges to this century-year-old engineering marvel.

For more, CCTV America spoke to Jock O’Connell, International Trade Economist and Beacon Economics Adviser.