President Trump says the canal authority is overcharging. Recent increases are attributed in part to drought, maintenance investments and demand. By Peter Eavis The cost of using the Panama Canal ...

Panama has denied the U.S. State Department's claim that the country will eliminate fees for U.S. government vessels transiting the Panama Canal, just one day after the State Department initially ...

The Panama Canal Authority late Wednesday denied the State Department’s claim that it had agreed to a deal to allow U.S. vessels to pass through the canal without paying any toll or fees ...

The Panama Canal, a 51-mile maritime shortcut linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, is a crucial artery of global trade and a longstanding focal point of international geopolitics. Since its ...

Panama City — Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Thursday denied the U.S. State Department's claim that his country had reached a deal to allow U.S. warships to transit the Panama Canal ...

Russia warned President Trump on Tuesday against seizing the Panama Canal, after he reiterated his intent to take control of the strategic waterway in his second inaugural address Monday.

The canal’s two biggest ports are operated by a Hong Kong company with global reach. The Trump administration sees a Chinese threat to U.S. security. By Alexandra Stevenson and Keith Bradsher ...

“The Canal is and will remain Panama’s and its administration will remain under Panamanian control with respect to its permanent neutrality,” said Mulino. Trump’s pledge to take control of ...

Mulino said later that "there is no real threat of retaking the canal or the use of force.” U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has told Panama’s president in a face-to-face meeting that the ...

Donald Trump has long been fixated on the Panama Canal, a crucial shipping route between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. He has railed against rising tolls on American ships (though the increases ...

Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino denied claims from the US state department that a deal had been reached allowing US warships to transit the Panama Canal for free. Mulino clarified that he ...

Hong Kong CNN — Donald Trump has begun his second term as president by ramping up pressure on Panama – threatening to “take back” the Panama Canal and accusing the country of ceding ...