Donald Trump has begun his second term as president by ramping up pressure on Panama – threatening to “take back” the Panama ...

President Trump is wrong when he says China controls the Panama Canal. But the U.S. rival does have influence there, and the ...

The Trump administration is taking proactive measures to regain control over the Panama Canal and reduce Chinese influence at ...

Some U.S. lawmakers and officials are touting a nearly half-century-old treaty between the United States and Panama to ...

President Trump says the canal authority is overcharging. Recent increases are attributed in part to drought, maintenance ...

Panama's José Raúl Mulino announced that his country would not renew its agreement with China's Belt and Road Initiative ...

President José Mulino said Panama's sovereignty over the world's second busiest waterway is not up for discussion.

The Panama Canal Authority put out its own terse statement ... Rubio had carried a message from Trump that China’s influence at the canal was unacceptable. Rubio had told Mulino that Trump ...

Panama President José Raúl Mulino and the canal's operator denied the State Department’s claim that the country would allow U ...

There’s no evidence that China controls the canal, which is run by an independent authority appointed by Panama’s government. Beijing has repeatedly denied that it has interfered in canal ...