Equal treatment for all nations is ‘a matter of principle,’ the Panama Canal’s administrator says in an interview.

President Trump’s escalating rhetoric over the Panama Canal has transformed diplomatic tensions into a full-blown crisis. Trump’s assertion during his March 5 congressional address that “to further ...

The canal is Panamanian and will continue to be Panamanian ... as the world's deadliest construction project—until then-President Jimmy Carter transferred sovereignty to Panama in the late 1970s.

Washington relinquished control of the waterway to Panama on Dec. 31, 1999, under a treaty signed in 1977 by President Jimmy Carter. Trump has claimed that Carter “foolishly” gave the canal away.

The critical waterway has a complex history. Why does Trump want it back? And what does China have to do with it?

Panamanian court documents show how Iran appears to have used proxy firms based in Hong Kong to register ships in the Panama ...

“Jimmy Carter just handed it (the canal) over Panama for a mere $1. It was not given to China, but now we are taking it back,” the US President declared. Built over a span of 33 ...

From Trump’s vow to retake Panama Canal to Beijing’s scathing attack on Hutchison’s deal, the Post chronicles the latest ...

The legal framework governing relations rests on the 1977 treaties negotiated under President Jimmy Carter and Gen. Omar Torrijos. The Panama Canal Treaty mandated complete American withdrawal by ...