Gatestone Institute senior fellow Gordon Chang discusses China's influence in Latin America and tensions between them and the United States over the Panama Canal.

The company founded by 96-year-old Li Ka-shing is caught up in Donald Trump’s complaints about China’s influence

Panama’s president, who was warned about China’s influence by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio earlier this month, reacted with anger.

Since taking office in January, US President Donald Trump has repeatedly accused the country of relinquishing control of the Panama Canal to China. Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino and Beijing officials deny the claims.

Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino has told his cabinet not to discuss ‘lies’ while Beijing hit back at Donald Trump’s takeover threats.

Since returning to office, President Trump has made repeated claims that China operates the Panama Canal and threatened to take it back from the Panama Canal Authority, which has controlled it since 1999.

Retired Colonel Rob Maness lauds President Donald Trump for booting China from the Panama Canal and negotiating control back to the United States. Maness says the foreign policy move projects US power in both Latin America and the Indo-Pacific region.

Gatestone Institute senior fellow Gordon Chang discusses China's influence in Latin America and tensions between them and the United States over the Panama Canal.

The company founded by 96-year-old Li Ka-shing is caught up in Donald Trump’s complaints about China’s influence

Fox Nation's "Showdown at the Panama Canal" explores the history of the vital strategic waterway and the current high-stakes battle to reclaim control.

Prior to the origination of the plans for the Panama Canal vessels of trade had few options of getting goods from Europe and Asia to N. America.

The Trump administration threatening partners in the Americas may prove to be short-term tactical approach but it will not prove to be a viable long-term strategy for engaging economically with the region.