Now that Panama has been removed from the EU's list of high-risk jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies in their national ...

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

By bnl editorial staff US helicopters have arrived in Panama to begin collaborative training exercises with local security forces, as tensions mount over the strategic waterway's future amid competing ...

To kick off the drills, three US Army helicopters arrived in Panama on Sunday – two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and a CH-47 ...

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

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.

Panama established diplomatic ties with China in 2017 and the following year, Panama announced China Communications Construction Co. Ltd. and China Harbour Engineering Co. Ltd. had won a bid to ...

Panama and China have hit back at American claims about Beijing's influence over the Panama Canal, saying they were "lies". US President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he wants the US to regain ...

“China-based companies continue to control critical infrastructure in the canal area,” Hegseth said. “That gives China the potential to conduct surveillance activities across Panama.

Recovering the Panama Canal, on the other hand, involves stepping into the hornet’s nest of Latin America’s nationalistic politics that are increasingly influenced by China, Russia, and Iran.

The China factor is expected to be most prominently on the table in Panama, where he will discuss growing U.S. concerns regarding China’s influence over the canal.

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 ...