U.S. Eyes China's Influence in Panama Canal

China’s influence on Panama Canal poses ‘acute risks to US national security,’ Sen. Cruz warns
China's influence on the Panama Canal is a major risk to U.S. national security, Sen. Ted Cruz told lawmakers during a Senate hearing on Capitol Hill.
China’s grip on Panama Canal poses risks to US national security, senator warns
Senator Ted Cruz on Tuesday warned against the China's influence on the Panama Canal, saying it poses threat to US national security.
U.S. Eyes China's Influence in Panama Canal Amid Strategic Concerns
Chair Louis E. Sola will address the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, raising concerns about Chinas growing presence in Panama and its influence on the Panama Canal. Solas
Maritime Commissioner Raises Alarm Over China's Dominance At Panama Canal
Federal Maritime Commissioner Daniel Maffei detailed China's dominance at the Panama Canal and the world's major ports, urging a bolstered U.S. maritime strategy to counter China's influence.
Amid fears of ‘ceding control to China’, US weighs its Panama Canal options
The head of the agency that regulates US ocean-going transport says Washington ‘is not without options’ to deal with Chinese influence.
Panama: China does not have control of the canal, Panama says in anticipation of Rubio's visit
Panama City, Panama - January 27, 2025 China does not control the Panama Canal, nor does it charge more tolls to the United States, says its former administrator, Jorge Quijano, in an interview with EFE in which he deconstructs the discourse used by US President Donald Trump to argue his intention to "regain" the operation of the route between the Atlantic and the Pacific.
Federal prosecutors allege that local group smuggled more than $200 million in counterfeit, illegal goods through LA ports
Federal prosecutors on Monday announced charges against eight people whom they alleged smuggled hundreds of millions of ...
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LA Ports smuggling bust: Feds arrest 8 suspected of smuggling $200M in Chinese goods
Federal authorities have uncovered a $200 million smuggling operation tied to China, using the Ports of Los Angeles and Long ...
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9 indicted in alleged smuggling scheme at Los Angeles and Long Beach ports
Nine people, including logistics executives and truck drivers, were indicted for allegedly orchestrating a smuggling ...
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Logistics workers charged with importing $200M in fake goods via ports of LA, Long Beach
Federal investigators accuse nine logistics workers and executives of devising an elaborate scheme to slip $200 million worth ...
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Panama Launches Audit of China-Linked Port Operator Amid Trump’s Canal Takeover Threats
The move follows President Donald Trump’s renewed claims that China has influence over the canal and his pledge to take ...
Trump says China controls the Panama Canal — but here's how it really works
The neutrality of the nearly 50-mile canal, through which nearly 15,000 ships transit each year, is enshrined in Panama’s Constitution and is enforced by the autonomous Panama Canal Authority.
Does China 'operate' Panama Canal, as Trump says?
On Christmas Day, Trump posted on social media that the "wonderful soldiers of China" were "lovingly, but illegally, ...
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What are Hong Kong’s links to the Panama Canal, and does China really control the waterway as Trump claims?
Hutchinson Ports - a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based conglomerate CK Hutchison Holdings - operate ports on either extreme of ...
China Pounces on Russia's Fire Sale of Prized Assets
In December, Russia reportedly sold its stakes in certain Kazakh uranium deposits to Chinese-owned companies. This involved ...