While China has been trying to expand its influence in Panama for years, as part of its broader ambition to increase its ...

Panama has decided to step away from a major global project led by China. The country’s president, José Raúl Mulino, announced that it will not renew its deal with China’s Belt and Road ...

Panama's decision to leave a key investment deal with China has drawn accusations from Beijing of "pressure and coercion" by the Trump administration.

PANAMA CITY: In a key concession to Washington, Panama President Jose Raul Mulino on Thursday (Feb 6) confirmed that Panama had pulled out of China's massive Belt and Road Initiative (BRI ...

Mr Trump has shown that threatening Panama’s economy and national identity can yield major concessions from its government.

Panama was the first Latin American country to join the Belt and Road Initiative in November 2017, but it has deep and long-standing economic ties with the US, and it is one of the few economies ...

Panama became the second country to leave China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) – after Italy in December 2023 – soon after new US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to Latin America ...

Marco Rubio in Dominican Republic had to clarify a Wednesday statement from his office in Washington on free transit of US government vessels through Panama ... from the Belt and Road Initiative ...

CK Hutchison Holdings Limited is one of the world's leading port ... China's investments in Panama precede Belt and Road, even if they have increased since the initiative's launch.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday welcomed Panama's decision to let its participation in China's global infrastructure plan expire, calling the move "a great step forward" for its ties ...

Panama's President Raul Mulino said his country will not renew the 2017 memorandum of understanding to join the Belt and Road ... advise devotees to break only one coconut. Taiwanese actress ...