The U.S. acquired the rights to build and operate the canal in the early 20th century, but at the time, Panama was in the ...

US President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to demand control of the Panama Canal be returned to Washington, complaining ...

China has voiced its support for Panama to retain control of the Panama Canal after Trump floated the idea of taking back control of the trade route.

On Saturday, Trump described the Panama Canal as a "complete rip-off," demanding that Panama lower fees on American ships passing through. He added that the U.S. would "demand that the Panama ...

PHOENIX -- PHOENIX (AP) — Donald Trump suggested Sunday that his new administration could try to regain control of the Panama ...

Unless he goes to war with Panama, Trump can’t reassert control over a canal the U.S. agreed to cede in the 1970s.

I want to express precisely that every square meter of the Panama Canal and its adjacent area belong to Panama, and will ...

The president-elect argued that shippers were charged “ridiculous” fees to pass through the vital transportation channel ...

The US relinquished control of the waterway to Panama in 1999 under a treaty signed in 1977 under President Jimmy Carter.View ...