Donald Trump has begun his second term as president by ramping up pressure on Panama – threatening to “take back” the Panama Canal and accusing the country of ceding control of the ...

If China’s alleged influence over the canal wasn’t halted, Trump threatened to “take back” the iconic waterway that the US returned to Panama in 2000, employing military force if needed.

China and Panama deny there is any interference in running the critical waterway, whose neutrality experts say has been vital to its success.

China has delayed a Hong Kong-based conglomerate from completing a $23 billion sale of dozens of ports-- including two key ports in the Panama Canal.

Billionaire Richard Li’s talks to expand his insurance business into mainland China have stalled after Beijing reacted with ...

Panama and the U.S. signed a new security pact on the canal, boosting defense ties as tensions with China over Latin American influence continue to rise.

In 2017, China scored a major victory when Panama cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan, the self-governing island that China claims as its territory, and recognized Beijing instead.

China's influence on the Panama Canal is a major risk to U.S. national security, Sen. Ted Cruz told lawmakers during a Senate hearing on Capitol Hill.

Panama has decided to step away from a major global project led by China. The country’s president, José Raúl Mulino, announced that it will not renew its deal with China’s Belt and Road ...

Trump can’t blame Panama for doing business with the Chinese; for the last two decades, successive U.S. administrations – including Trump’s – have allowed China’s economic influence to ...

“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,” Trump claimed in his inaugural speech last month.