Donald Trump has refused to rule out using military force to retake the Panama Canal that was returned by the US to Panama decades ago.

Treaties ratified by the Senate in 1978 established permanent neutrality, but some Republicans regret that decision.

A Panamanian national holiday remembering the killing of 21 protesters by police and U.S. troops in 1964 is taking on new resonance this year as U.S.

If commercial fees are typically low and America’s navy already has cheap and preferential access, why is Mr Trump threatening to take the canal? The simplest answer may be that the president-elect is expressing geopolitical machismo,

Few took the president-elect’s combative comments at face value, but they still sent a shudder through a country that the United States has invaded before.

President-elect Donald Trump wouldn't rule out military or economic coercion, saying the U.S. needs to stop China. Also a factor: climate change.

The canal executive said China doesn’t control route and U.S. ships can’t get better rates than others.

S.D., introduced the Panama Canal Repurchase Act, co-sponsored by 15 other House Republicans, amid President-elect Trump's concerns.

The Panama Canal Authority chief dismissed President-elect Trump’s claims that China is controlling the trade route and criticized his comments about fees. Ricaurte Vásquez Morales told The Wall Street Journal that Trump’s accusations that China is running the Panama Canal are “unfounded.