China is threatening to block a U.S.-proposed sale of two ports on the Panama Canal because it serves as a strategic advantage in the region.

The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing regarding the Panama Canal on Tuesday. In his opening statement, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) brought up the issue of foreign ...

In December 2024, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump began repeatedly calling for the return of the Panama Canal to the United States. In a Dec. 21, 2024 post on his social media platform Truth Social, ...

President-elect Trump called out the nation of Panama for the “exorbitant” fees it charges the United States — and threatened to demand control of the key commerce node. The once and future president ...

UNITED NATIONS — The United States and China clashed over the Panama Canal at the United Nations on Monday, with the U.S. warning that Beijing’s influence over the key waterway could threaten global ...

President-elect Donald Trump continued his back-and-forth over control of the Panama Canal on Sunday when he shared an image of an American flag flying over what is presumed to be the Panama Canal, in ...

Panama's president has responded to President-elect Trump's idea that his new administration could try to regain control of the Panama Canal. After Trump said Sunday that the United States "foolishly ...

By Alek Buttermann Panama’s canal authority has confirmed that preparations for two port concessions and a cross-isthmus gas pipeline are entering defined stages, with technical and investor-specific ...

The Panama Canal, a 51-mile maritime shortcut linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, is a crucial artery of global trade and a longstanding focal point of international geopolitics. Since its ...

Teddy Roosevelt once declared the Panama Canal “one of the feats to which the people of this republic will look back with the highest pride.” More than a century later, Donald Trump is threatening to ...

The cargo ship Cosco Houston tests a new set of locks at the Panama Canal as part of a canal expansion project, in June 2016. Carlos Jasso/Reuters Panama has owned and administered the Panama Canal ...