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 ...

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.

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

His visit came amid mounting tensions sparked by President Donald Trump’s claims that Panama was “severely” overcharging for ships transiting the U.S.-built canal. He has also claimed that ...

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.

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth warned that the US will not allow China to threaten the Panama Canal. Hegseth met with Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino. China denied it interfered in canal ...

The visit comes amid tensions over US President Donald Trump's repeated assertions that the United States is being overcharged to use the Panama Canal and that China has influence over its operations.

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 ...

President Trump has sought to reclaim the canal from Panama, citing national security concerns over Chinese-owned companies being allowed to operate port facilities on both the entry and exit ...

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 ...

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 ...