3 days ago · China Panama pledges to end key canal deal with China, work with US after Rubio visit State Department estimates around 72% of all vessels that travel through the Panama Canal are coming from or ...

1 day ago · U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio participates in a tour of Miraflores Locks in Panama City, Panama, Feb. 2, 2025. Second, since Panama assumed responsibility for operations on December 31, 1999 ...

3 days ago · During the meeting, Rubio told Panama’s president and Foreign Minister Javier Martínez-Acha that concerns over China’s “control” of the Panama Canal may mean the US has to “take ...

2 days ago · Rubio, during his trip to Panama, had warned that the US would act to end China’s influence over the canal, saying that as long as the Chinese Communist Party is in power, China is a threat to ...

18 hours ago · Mr. Trump claims that “China is operating the Panama Canal,” but that is not the case. A pair of Chinese companies, the Landbridge Group and the Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings, operate ...

3 days ago · Marco Rubio warned Panama's President that Washington will act if Panama does not end what Trump sees as China's influence and control over the Panama Canal.

5 days ago · In the 2001 movie “The Tailor of Panama,” which starred Pierce Brosnan and Geoffrey Rush, the US invades Panama after receiving bogus intelligence that China is trying to secretly buy the canal.

3 days ago · Rubio delivered a message from Trump that China's presence - through a Hong Kong-based company operating two ports near the canal's entrances - was a threat to the waterway and a violation of the ...

3 days ago · A version of this article appears in print on , Section A, Page 11 of the New York edition with the headline: China Is Threat to Panama Canal, Rubio Says, Seeking Speedy Action.

Jan 23, 2025 · Experts dispute President Donald Trump’s claims that the Panama Canal is controlled by China and overcharging U.S. ships.