Fact Check: Does China Control the Panama Canal, as Trump …
Dec 26, 2024 · President-elect Donald Trump has sparked controversy by suggesting the United States should reclaim control of the Panama Canal, citing overcharges for its use and alleged Chinese influence over...
Does China 'operate' Panama Canal, as Trump says? - BBC
Jan 22, 2025 · On Christmas Day, Trump posted on social media that the "wonderful soldiers of China" were "lovingly, but illegally, operating the Panama Canal" - a claim which was swiftly denied by officials in ...
Rubio warns Panama of U.S. retaliation if China's canal ... - Axios
1 hour ago · Mulino has so far rejected Trump's demands to hand over control of the canal back to the United States. What they are saying: Rubio told Mulino and Martínez-Acha that Trump has made "a preliminary determination" that the current Chinese influence over the Panama Canal area is a threat to the canal, State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said ...
Does a ‘foreign power’ threaten the Panama Canal? Here’s ... - CNN
2 days ago · Here is a fact check about claims Trump’s administration has made about the Panama Canal. Is the Panama Canal under Chinese control? Trump has long complained about the “bad deal” Jimmy ...
Panama Canal: History shows why Trump’s threats are sounding …
Jan 21, 2025 · “Above all China is operating the Panama Canal,” Trump also said, a frequent claim he has made without providing any evidence. “And we didn’t give it to China, we gave it to Panama and we ...
Trump says China controls the Panama Canal - NBC News
Jan 23, 2025 · On Dec. 31, 1999, the U.S. relinquished control of the canal to Panama under a treaty negotiated by President Jimmy Carter and ratified by the Senate in 1978 in what Trump has called “a terrible ...
Rubio says Trump’s interest in Greenland and Panama Canal is …
2 days ago · Rubio added that “if China wanted to obstruct traffic in the Panama Canal, they could” and that would be a violation of the 1977 treaty signed by former President Jimmy Carter under which the U.S. ceded control of the American-built canal to Panama in 1999. He also echoed Trump’s complaint that American ships are being overcharged for ...
Panama Canal: Who owns it, who runs it, and why Trump wants it
Jan 21, 2025 · Trump has repeatedly said that China controls the canal. China does not control the Panama Canal itself. But before the handover, a Hong Kong shipping company, Hutchison Ports PPC, won an...
Panama Canal administrator pushes back against Trump's …
Jan 11, 2025 · The administrator of the Panama Canal has responded to criticisms from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, denying that there is any interference from China in the canal’s operations and saying giving special privileges to any nation would only cause problems.
In Pursuing Canal, Trump Could Push Panama Closer to China
Jan 15, 2025 · The commemoration this month came just days after President-elect Donald J. Trump falsely claimed China was controlling the Panama Canal and suggested he could use military force to retake the...