The canal is not “controlled” by China, nor is it a U.S. asset to repossess. It is a neutral international waterway operated by Panama under the 1977 treaty framework, which requires nondiscriminatory ...

Panamanian authorities on Tuesday announced an US$8.5 billion plan to modernise and expand the Panama Canal over the next decade, while sidestepping questions on whether Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison ...

A U.S. guided-missile cruiser, USS Lake Erie, was seen crossing the Panama Canal from the Pacific to the ... for the past two days at the Port of Rodman, at the canal's Pacific entrance. Washington ...

Following his re-election, President Donald Trump criticized the government of Panama for its decision to permit the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to exert considerable influence over the Panama ...

PANAMA CITY (Reuters) -Panama said on Wednesday the United States recognized its sovereignty over the Panama Canal, despite tough rhetoric from Washington, as the two nations announced agreements to ...

BEIJING — China on Friday lashed out at what it called U.S. “coercion” after Panama declined to renew a key infrastructure agreement with Beijing following Washington’s threat to take back the Panama ...

Forty percent of all U.S. container traffic travels through the Panama Canal every year, and in all, $270 billion in cargo annually. The U.S. and China are the top users of the Panama Canal, and its ...

ARRAIJÁN, Panama — In the mounting fight between the United States and China for influence over the Panama Canal, the newest battleground stands by the side of a highway here, crumbling behind orange ...

PANAMA CITY — Panama President José Raúl Mulino on Wednesday accused U.S. President Donald Trump of lying when he said in his address to Congress that his administration was “reclaiming” the Panama ...

President Donald Trump wants the Panama Canal back. However, he might be walking into his own version of the Cuban missile crisis. Amid the heated exchanges between the United States and Panamanian ...

“A man, a plan, a canal — Panama,” so the famous palindrome goes. Just a quick history review. The U.S. took over canal construction from the French in 1904, completing it in 1914 for $375 million ($8 ...

Feb. 6 (UPI) --The Panama Canal Authority late Wednesday said it has made no change to its tolls or other fees, denying the Trump administration claim that it has agreed to no longer charge U.S.