Photo: Patrick Pleul/Zuma Press In his inauguration speech, President Trump accused Panama of violating the terms under which the U.S. handed over the Panama Canal. “We’re taking it back ...

But Rubio was said to have had a firmer message in private, telling Panama that President Donald Trump had determined that the country had violated terms of the treaty that handed over the canal ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has demanded that Panama make "immediate changes" to what he calls the "influence and control" of China over the Panama Canal. America's top diplomat said Panama ...

He held talks with President Jose Raul Mulino, who said Panama’s sovereignty over the canal was not up for debate but suggested he would review agreements involving Chinese businesses.

But Mr Rubio was said to have had a firmer message in private, telling Panama that Mr Trump had determined the country had violated terms of the treaty that handed over the canal at the end of 1999.

Rubio told Mulino that Trump believed that China’s presence in the canal area may violate a treaty that led the US to hand over the waterway to Panama in 1999. That treaty calls for the ...

The warning follows President Donald Trump's vow to retake the canal and a meeting between Rubio and Jose Raul Mulino, Panama's conservative president, in Panama City on Sunday. Mulino told ...

The State Department said Rubio and President Trump have determined that the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party over the canal’s operations are in violation of the 1977 Treaty ...

Though Mulino told Rubio that Panama’s sovereignty over the canal was not up for debate, he also said he had addressed Washington’s concerns over Beijing’s purported influence around the ...

U.S. top diplomat Marco Rubio warned Panama to immediately take steps to address U.S. concerns over Chinese businesses operating ports near the canal, which President Donald Trump has said ...