Chinese companies operate ports on both ends of the Panama Canal and invest in mining in Greenland. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Donald Trump says the U.S. needs control of Greenland and the Panama Canal "for national security." Here's why both places are so important.
The Panama Canal Authority chief dismissed President-elect Trump’s claims that China is controlling the trade route and criticized his comments about fees. Ricaurte Vásquez Morales told The Wall
Donald Trump has refused to rule out using military force to retake the Panama Canal that was returned by the US to Panama decades ago.
The president-elect inaccurately said that Chinese soldiers operate the Panama Canal. But China’s strategic positions in shipping worry Washington officials.
Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) will introduce a bill that would authorize the president to purchase the Panama Canal and put it under U.S. control, an acquisition that President-elect Trump has been
China countered U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s claims about the Panama Canal. Brazilian labor authorities uncovered “slavery-like conditions” at a construction site for Chinese
President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday he wouldn’t rule out using “military force” to make Greenland and the Panama Canal US territories. “No, I can’t assure you on either of those two,” the incoming president told a reporter asking about the use of military force or economic coercion to acquire the territories.
President-elect Donald Trump didn’t rule out using the U.S. military or “economic coercion” to take control of Greenland or the Panama Canal.
China has voiced its support for Panama to retain control of the Panama Canal after Trump floated the idea of taking back control of the trade route.