Trump's claim that Chinese soldiers exercise authority over the Panama Canal is inaccurate, but his assertion that China manipulates the use of the passage is a long-held U.S. concern.

Fox News contributor Michael Pillsbury reacts to President-elect Donald Trump eyeing control of Canada, Panama Canal and Greenland on 'Fox & Friends.'

Treaties ratified by the Senate in 1978 established permanent neutrality, but some Republicans regret that decision.

If commercial fees are typically low and America’s navy already has cheap and preferential access, why is Mr Trump threatening to take the canal? The simplest answer may be that the president-elect is expressing geopolitical machismo,

Panama Canal Administrator Ricaurte Vásquez addresses President-elect Donald Trump's suggestion that the U.S. should retake control of the Panama Canal during an interview with Associated Press in his office Friday,

Few took the president-elect’s combative comments at face value, but they still sent a shudder through a country that the United States has invaded before.