Incoming US president has repeatedly stated that Beijing is ‘operating’ the crucial waterway – an untruth, but one that gets ...

President-elect Donald Trump has gone to great pains to publicly suggest that he’s open to re-patriating the Panama Canal, if ...

Treaties ratified by the Senate in 1978 established permanent neutrality, but some Republicans regret that decision.

Trump's claim that Chinese soldiers exercise authority over the Panama Canal is inaccurate, but his assertion that China manipulates the use of the passage is a long-held U.S. concern.

US President-elect Donald Trump warned he might seek control of the Panama Canal unless the Central American nation lowered ...

The incoming president wants to punish Panama for failing to appreciate ‘the extraordinary generosity’ of the US.

Donald Trump's threat to retake the Panama Canal can alienate an important ally that the future administration will need.

He noted that Panama has expanded the canal over the years to increase ship traffic “on its own initiative ... the U.S. finished building the canal on Aug. 15, 1914. Almost immediately, some ...

The Panama Canal was built by the U.S. between 1904 and 1914. It serves as a shortcut between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean, dramatically shortening shipping routes from Asia to ports in the ...

Few took the president-elect’s combative comments at face value, but they still sent a shudder through a country that the ...

A ship is guided through the Panama Canal's Miraflores locks near Panama City on April 24, 2023. Editor’s Note: This story originally published on December 23, 2024. It has been updated to ...