Tensions between the United States and China have unexpectedly centered on two ports at the Panama Canal, one of the world’s ...

The Panama Canal has been thrust into the middle of a power struggle between the U.S. and China, the world's two largest economies.

Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Thursday said he hoped an ongoing legal battle with a Hong Kong firm over operations ...

Chinese officials warned of a "heavy price" earlier this week after a Panama court ruled against the lease contracts to two ...

Hong Kong's CK Hutchison Holdings has started arbitration against Panama after its Supreme Court ruled a canal port ...

The ruling from Panama's top court is widely seen as a victory for the Trump administration, which is seeking to counter any ...

Panama's Supreme Court annulled on Thursday the concession allowing Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison to operate ports at the Panama Canal, a year after US President Donald Trump threatened to seize the ...

China has backed a high-profile legal case against the Panamanian government over control of the Panama Canal.

Under the US president’s approach, the region is once again subject to a relationship shaped by coercion and strategic ...

In the 1970s, a conservative coalition came together to fight ceding control of the Panama Canal—proving the political ...

Lawsuit was brought before court in 2025 as US threatened to seize control of strategic waterway.

Panama’s Supreme Court ruled late Thursday that the concession held by a subsidiary of Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison Holdings to operate ports at either end of the Panama Canal was unconstitutional, an ...