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Panama Canal, Trump

Trump wants to reclaim the Panama Canal. He’d be taking on a waterway facing crisis

Frequent droughts have pushed authorities to pursue a controversial plan to dam a river to save the waterway — an act that would flood the homes of thousands of people.

PBS · 3d

The history of the Panama Canal and reality of its control as Trump threatens action

Since returning to office, President Trump has made repeated claims that China operates the Panama Canal and threatened to take it back from the Panama Canal Authority, which has controlled it since 1999.

Opinion

Washington Examiner · 3d

The Panama Canal crisis isn’t over yet

The Panama Canal crisis isn’t over yet, and it may be only the first stage of a wider conflict about whether the U.S. can contain China’s control of the world’s commercial maritime logistics network.

The Washington Post · 2d

Panama exasperated over persistence of US allegations of Chinese control of canal

Panama’s president has said that he instructed the country’s foreign minister to not discuss the U.S. government’s allegations of Chinese interference in the operations of the Panama Canal with the visiting head of U.

NZZ in English on MSN · 1d

INTERNATIONAL VIEW - Trump’s threats to take over the Panama Canal anger many in the country

The U.S. president has announced several times in recent weeks that he intends to «bring back» the Panama Canal. His words bring back bad memories.

devdiscourse1d

Panama Canal Expands with New Lake to Boost Global Trade

The Panama Canal's board has approved funding for a new lake in the Indio River basin to enhance waterway operations. This ...

Wilson Center8d

US-Panama Relations and the Future of the Panama Canal

In this episode of Need to Know, host John Milewski speaks with Benjamin Gedan, Director of the Wilson Center's Latin America Program, about the geopolitical and economic significance of the Panama ...

Cfr.org24d

Who Controls the Panama Canal?

President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed his desire to regain U.S. ownership of the Panama ... the canal. In his Senate confirmation hearing, he said that Beijing, through the expansion ...

Forbes16d

Panama Denies State Department’s Claim US Ships Can Pass Through Canal For Free

The Panama Canal Authority late Wednesday denied the State Department’s claim that it had agreed to a deal to allow U.S. vessels to pass through the canal without paying any toll or fees ...

The Conversation15d

Artículos sobre Panama Canal

Donald Trump claims China ‘operates’ the Panama Canal. This isn’t quite right, but China’s investment in shipping infrastructure globally has made many countries jittery. Incoming US ...

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