PANAMA CITY: The United States will not allow China to jeopardize the operations of the Panama Canal, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned during a visit to the Central American nation on Tuesday.

In March, US investment giant BlackRock announced a $22.8 billion deal to buy 43 ports, including two located on either side of the Panama Canal, from CK Hutchison, the Hong Kong logistics company ...

Panama Ports, a subsidiary of CK Hutchison, won the concession to operate Balboa port on the Pacific side of the canal and Cristobal port on the Atlantic side in 1997. The concession was renewed ...

It added: "China has always respected Panama's sovereignty with regard to the canal." The concession to the HK-based company's subsidiary to operate Balboa port on the Pacific side of the canal and ...

The Panama Ports concession to operate Balboa port on the Pacific side of the canal and Cristobal port on the Atlantic side was first granted in 1997 and renewed for another 25 years in 2021. But ...

The Chinese government is accusing the U.S. of “blackmail” after U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared Beijing a threat to the Panama Canal, asserting that Washington along with Panama ...

Picture: Arnulfo Franco/AFP The Panama Ports concession to operate Balboa port on the Pacific side of the canal and Cristobal port on the Atlantic side was first granted in 1997 and renewed for ...

The United States will not allow China to "threaten" the operations of the Panama Canal ... to operate Balboa port on the Pacific side of the canal and Cristobal port on the Atlantic side was ...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, during a visit to Panama on Tuesday, warned that the United States will not permit China to threaten the operations of the Panama Canal. Hegseth is the second ...

"China has always respected Panama's sovereignty with regard to the canal," the embassy said. The concession to the Hong Kong-based company's subsidiary to operate Balboa port on the Pacific side ...