Panama Canal, Trump

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.
Trump administration claims free passage through Panama Canal – but what does Panama say?
The US said Wednesday that its government vessels would sail for free through the Panama Canal, but authorities at the waterway swiftly issued a denial.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Trump, the Panama Canal and the Hong Kong Firm at the Heart of a Showdown
The canal’s two biggest ports are operated by a Hong Kong company with global reach. The Trump administration sees a Chinese ...
Trump says China ‘operates’ the Panama Canal – how deep are Beijing’s ties to the key waterway?
Donald Trump has begun his second term as president by ramping up pressure on Panama – threatening to “take back” the Panama ...
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Panama court to hear challenge to canal concession granted to Hong Kong’s CK Hutchinson Holdings
A Panama court has agreed to review the concession granted to a Hong Kong-based firm to operate ports on either end of the ...
Trump’s Panama Canal plan is another loser for America’s maritime industry
Thanks to deregulatory, laissez faire maritime policy, the U.S. has abandoned the oceans, allowing China and foreign shipping ...
The US has a long history of meddling in Latin America. What’s different about Donald Trump’s approach?
Donald Trump’s threat to take back control of the Panama Canal harks back to decades of US intervention in Latin America.
Misreading the Canal Crisis
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US sends commander to Panama to “secure” canal against Chinese influence; Beijing dubs claim “a lie”
Following US President Donald Trump’s remarks on “taking back” the Panama Canal from China, the commander of the US ...
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Mapping China’s influence around the Panama Canal
A map of the Panama Canal highlights the Amador Cruise Terminal off the Pacific Ocean, image Other major projects include the Amador Cruise Terminal built by the China Harbour Engineering ...