In this episode of Need to Know, host John Milewski speaks with Benjamin Gedan, Director of the Wilson Center's Latin America Program, about the geopolitical and economic significance of the Panama ...

President Donald Trump has made repeated claims that China “operates” the Panama Canal in recent weeks and has threatened to ...

A recent drought in Panama was so severe that the canal had to reduce traffic. How is climate change impacting Panama -- and ...

Thanks to deregulatory, laissez faire maritime policy, the U.S. has abandoned the oceans, allowing China and foreign shipping ...

A showdown is building between Communist China and the West. From rising tensions over Taiwan, trade, TikTok, fentanyl, ...

A black, massive Hong Kong-registered ship inched its way through the churning waters of the Panama Canal — guided by tugboats stern and aft, and sweating Panamanians ...

President Donald Trump is a man with a plan for the canal, namely to force Panama to limit China’s influence on the vital 50-mile shortcut between the Atlantic and the Pacific or risk the United ...

China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said at a briefing that China 'firmly opposes the US smearing and undermining the ...

Panama's decision to leave a key investment deal with China has drawn accusations from Beijing of "pressure and coercion" by ...

China on lashed out at what it called U.S. “coercion” after Panama declined to renew a key infrastructure agreement with ...

When it comes to the Panama Canal, some observers say that Chinese firms’ involvement ... just how much emphasis Beijing – a major global exporter – has placed on building its ties with the ...