Concerns have also been floated that the Belt and Road Initiative has given China access to strategic locations and resources. The U.S. government is not blind to China's global influence spending.

Following Donald Trump’s repeated claims that the US needs to “ take back ” the Panama canal from Chinese control, the US ...

Panama has decided to step away from a major global project led by China. The country’s president, José Raúl Mulino, ...

Panama decided not to renew its participation in China's Belt and Road Initiative, a move seen as strengthening ties with the U.S. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit to Panama highlights ...

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 ...

China has expressed regret over Panama's intention to withdraw from the Belt and Road Initiative. Assistant Foreign Minister ...

Chinese power companies installed a record amount of generation capacity in overseas markets covered by Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative, with nearly half of them using fossil fuels.

China announced Saturday that the country has lodged “serious representations” with Panama over its exit from the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Assistant Foreign Minister Zhao Zhiyuan Friday ...