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China’s influence on the Panama Canal poses "acute risks to U.S. national security," Sen. Ted Cruz is warning Tuesday, alleging the Chinese Communist Party has taken a "militaristic interest" in ...
Upon returning to office, Trump threatened to take control of the Panama Canal, built by the United States in the early 20th century and handed over to Panama in 1999, claiming the canal is being ...
The canal used to be owned and operated by the United States, but it slowly shifted control to Panama in the late 20th century, releasing its grip on the canal totally by 1999.
Chinese investments in ports and other infrastructure and facilities at both the Pacific and Caribbean ends of the canal are a cause for major concern, leaving Panama and the critical shipping route vulnerable to China, he said. “They’re all over Panama,” Rubio said of Chinese companies that many experts believe are beholden to the ...
Trump, in his Jan. 20 inauguration speech, again accused Panama of breaking the promises it made for the final transfer of the canal in 1999 and of ceding its operation to China - claims that the ...
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Tuesday expressed alarm at China's influence on the Panama Canal, which President Donald Trump has vowed the United States would take back. "Chinese ...
We gave it to Panama, and we're taking it back." Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mont., voiced his concerns over China's increasing control of critical global infrastructure, warning that the U.S. is failing ...
China's presence around the Panama Canal is a national security concern that Panama's government has to deal with, U.S. Special Envoy for Latin America Mauricio Claver-Carone said on Friday, ahead ...