“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.

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 ...

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 ...

Trump's First 100 Days US, Panama ‘taking back’ canal from ‘China's influence,’ says Hegseth 'I want to be very clear. China did not build this canal.

US, PANAMA ‘TAKING BACK’ CANAL FROM ‘CHINA’S INFLUENCE,' SAYS HEGSETH. While the U.S. builds up its military coordination, the Panama Canal Authority confirmed that collaboration already ...

China doesn’t control the Panama Canal, but the narrative grows murkier. Since 1997, CK Hutchison Holdings, a Hong Kong-based firm, has managed key ports at the canal’s Caribbean and Pacific ...

Trump's claim that Chinese soldiers exercise authority over the Panama Canal is inaccurate, but his assertion that China manipulates the use of the passage is a long-held U.S. concern.

Chinese regulators have blocked a $23 billion sale of key ports, including two in the Panama Canal, to a group led by BlackRock. REUTERS. China President Xi Jinping is reportedly “angry” over ...

Taking Panama (as Teddy Roosevelt did), Mr. Trump imagines, might secure U.S. access to the canal, and buying Greenland (as he has also suggested) would guarantee a U.S. presence at the entrance ...

“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.