Trump has been raising pressure for weeks over the canal, through which 40 percent of US container traffic travels. He has ...

is seriously considering a second canal to handle growing commercial traffic. Yet 5,600,000 tons of shipping still pass through the old locks each month. And Panama has long complained that it ...

no commercial or government entity of the PRC plays a direct role in managing ship traffic on this critical waterway. The canal is administered by an independent governmental agency of Panama, and ...

The new locks cost Panama more than $5 billion and went into operation in 2016. They also more than doubled the marine traffic the canal could handle. “We paid for it, we built it, and right now ...

Traffic on the canal increased 17% between fiscal years 1999 and 2004. Panama’s voters approved a 2006 referendum authorizing a major expansion of the canal to accommodate larger, modern cargo ...

Trump alleges China's growing influence over the canal, which Panama maintains under a neutrality principle. The canal serves significant US container traffic.