The neutrality of the nearly 50-mile canal, through which nearly 15,000 ships transit each year, is enshrined in Panama’s Constitution and is enforced by the autonomous Panama Canal Authority.

President-elect Donald Trump made international headlines this week after refusing to rule out military force to take back ...

PANAMA CITY, Panama—President Trump’s reasons for wanting control of the Panama Canal can be found at either end of the interoceanic waterway. Every day, dozens of cargo ships pass by blue ...

Donald Trump's aggressive stance on the Panama Canal risks setting a dangerous precedent. It could offer China a blueprint to ...

UNT Dallas political science professor outlines the implications of Trump’s threat to the Panama Canal. Trump’s suggestion ...

But at his inaugural festivities, Trump grounded his aspirations on the canal on supposed Chinese control of the installation. “Above all, China is operating the Panama Canal, and we didn’t ...

“Above all China is operating the Panama Canal,” Trump also said, a frequent claim he has made without providing any evidence. “And we didn’t give it to China, we gave it to Panama and we ...

China got only one mention in US President Donald Trump’s inaugural address on Monday, but the comment was threatening – especially to a country much closer to America. Suggesting that China ...

(Arnulfo Franco/AFP/Getty Images) In his speech, Trump said the U.S. will attempt to reassert control over the Panama Canal, claiming that China is giving preferential treatment over the crucial ...

“Above all, China is operating the Panama Canal, and we didn’t give it to China, we gave it to Panama. And we’re taking it back,” Mr Trump said after being sworn in inside the US Capito ...

(AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) The Panama Canal was the single most expensive ... “These projects fit naturally with China’s BRI vision, onto which Panama was the first Latin American country ...