President Trump is wrong when he says China controls the Panama Canal. But the U.S. rival does have influence there, and the ...

"Currently, the cooperation between China and Panama under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative is proceeding ...

President José Mulino said Panama's sovereignty over the world's second busiest waterway is not up for discussion.

Panama's José Raúl Mulino announced that his country would not renew its agreement with China's Belt and Road Initiative ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has demanded that Panama make "immediate changes" to what he calls the "influence and ...

Panama appears to have bowed to Donald Trump’s aggressive style of diplomacy by ditching its involvement in China’s Belt and ...

Some U.S. lawmakers and officials are touting a nearly half-century-old treaty between the United States and Panama to ...

As pressure from President Trump mounts over alleged Chinese influence over the waterway, the government may cancel its ...

The Trump administration is taking proactive measures to regain control over the Panama Canal and reduce Chinese influence at ...

Panama says it will not renew its agreement involving China’s premier foreign-investment program after Panamanian leaders met ...

The Panama Canal has taken on an unexpected significance in Trump’s second term. So what is it? Why is it important? And why does Trump want to take it over ...

Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn ...