These drills come amid Donald Trump’s repeated claims of excessive Chinese influence over the crucial trade route, despite ...

Panama strongly rebuked Trump’s comments, with President José Raúl Mulino saying the canal “is and will continue to be Panama’s.” Mulino also rejected Trump’s claim that China controls ...

The five migrants on the latest flight, all from different countries, were sent to Eswatini, a small nation in southern ...

HONG KONG — A huge deal President Donald Trump touted as a victory in his campaign to “take back” the Panama Canal from China could be on the rocks amid pushback from Beijing. The $23 ...

Does China have a presence in the Panama Canal? The Trump administration’s key concern is found at either end of the waterway, where two of the five ports that service the canal are operated by ...

China, Cuba and Venezuela would be the first to offer help, and the net result of Trump’s bravado could be pushing Panama into their hands. Don’t miss the “Oppenheimer Presenta” TV show on ...

He also claimed, without evidence, that China has deployed soldiers there. “We didn’t give the canal to China, we gave it to Panama, and we’re taking it back,” Trump vowed on Inauguration Day.

President-elect Trump is right to support the Monroe Doctrine. But to keep Xi Jinping out of America's backyard, the next administration should get tough on China, not Panama.

Pres. Trump announced his intent to develop an “Iron Dome” system such as this one in Israel for the US. Jim Garamone/DOD. Whatever the case may be, China has had four long years to run riot ...

President Trump is wrong when he says China controls the Panama Canal. But the U.S. rival does have influence there, and the administration is moving to counter it.

Panama’s increasing openness to China in recent years has helped to fuel concerns in the United States about Beijing’s influence. In 2017, Panama cut its diplomatic ties with Taiwan and ...