Pete Hegseth said Beijing would not be allowed to 'weaponise' the waterway by using Chinese firms' commercial relationships ...

The visit comes amid tensions over Trump’s repeated assertions that the US is being ... over to Panama in 1999. That treaty calls for the permanent neutrality of the American-built canal.

The Panamanian government announced that lease was being audited ... waterway over to Panama in 1999. That treaty calls for the permanent neutrality of the American-built canal.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has stated that the U.S. will "take back" the Panama Canal from "China's influence," ...

The US will deploy troops along the Panama Canal for training ... some of which Washington built when it occupied the canal zone decades ago. Trump, since returning to power in January, has ...

Hegseth's trip follows reports that the Trump administration has requested options from the U.S. military to ensure access to the canal, which the United States built more than a century ago and ...

The visit comes amid tensions over Trump’s repeated assertions that the US is being ... over to Panama in 1999. That treaty calls for the permanent neutrality of the American-built canal.

The US built the Panama Canal between 1904 and 1914 ... to allow the conglomerate to operate two ports in the canal. Lawsuits are being considered against government officials involved in ...

including two located on either side of the Panama Canal, from CK Hutchison, the Hong Kong logistics company that the Trump administration has accused of being under Beijing’s control ...

Hegseth praised Mulino, saying his government understood the threat from China, and his remarks about Panama being in the lead on addressing the canal’s security concerns appeared to be a nod to ...