When the Panama Canal was unveiled by the United States in 1914, the roughly 50-mile-long waterway symbolized American power and technological advancement. But the glow of progress soon faded. Building the canal killed roughly 5,

IndustryWeek contributor and Panama expert Andrew R. Thomas says winning against China will likely look like Panamanian efforts to curb immigration into Central America and

Any loss of capacity, which is more likely to be caused by drought will ripple through supply chains and push up costs in Australia.

In recent weeks, when he was President-elect Donald Trump publicly said that Panama should return the Panama Canal to the United States, and he would not rule out using military force to reclaim it. At his presidential Inauguration on Monday Trump doubled down on saying that his new administration was going to take back the canal.

Panama has owned and administered the Panama Canal for nearly three decades. President Trump wants to change that to counter growing Chinese influence in Latin America.

Panama will be one of the first stops for new Secretary of State Marco Rubio as he heads overseas late next week

China may have investments in the operations of the Panama Canal but its soldiers are not operating it.

Panama’s government and President José Raúl Mulino have repeatedly denied that there is any Chinese presence at the canal.

President Trump’s push to take back control of the strategic waterway stokes memories of a period of U.S. imperial ambition and violence.