The critical waterway has a complex history. Why does Trump want it back? And what does China have to do with it?

US President Donald Trump wants to regain control of the Panama Canal, claiming that American ships are being ‘severely overcharged’ by Panama. With the canal under Panama’s control for over two ...

In his inaugural speech, President Donald Trump repeated his plan to regain control of the Panama Canal. Can he?

Donald Trump has begun his second term as president by ramping up pressure on Panama – threatening to “take back” the Panama ...

The government of Panama owns the 82km (51-mile) canal. Panama was handed ownership of the canal on December 31, 1999, under a 1977 treaty signed by former US President Jimmy Carter and former ...

Who owns the canal? Constructed by the United States mainly with Afro-Caribbean labor and opened in 1914, the canal was ...

Panama President José Raúl Mulino has rejected the U.S. State Department’s claim that his country had reached a deal allowing ...

Panama's president says the State Department's claim of an agreement granting U.S. warships free canal passage was "based on ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Jorge Quijano, former Panama Canal administrator from 2012 to 2019. He disagrees with the Trump administration's assertions about Chinese influence over the Panama Canal.

Conservative President José Raúl Mulino wanted to work with Trump from day one. Now he’s trying to stop a U.S. takeover of ...

Subscribe to the Daily News Brief. President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed his desire to regain U.S. ownership of the Panama Canal, which the United States previously controlled until a ...

President Donald Trump says China is running the Panama Canal and “we’re gonna take it back, or something very powerful’s ...