Since returning to office, Trump has insisted that China has influence over the canal, vowing to "take it back" if necessary. In this aerial view a cargo ship enters the Panama Canal on the ...

Panama maintains that it has full control over the canal and that the Hong Kong-based group's operation of the ports did not amount to Chinese control over the waterway, and that therefore the ...

The Trump administration has formally asked Pentagon officials for “credible military options” to ensure unfettered American access to the Panama Canal, one of several new directives outlined ...

Paul Solman: The Panama Canal, key link between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, handling about 5 percent of all global maritime trade, the U.S. its biggest user, it's now a focal target of the ...