Trump, in his inaugural address, accused Panama of violating the spirit of a treaty signed in 1977 by U.S. President Jimmy Carter ... emphasizing the canal will remain under Panama's control.
Panama has denied the U.S. State Department's claim that the country will eliminate fees for U.S. government vessels transiting the Panama Canal.
Such proposals are legally impossible and operationally unnecessary. Examining the reality of this vital artery of global trade makes this very clear.
Regardless of how Panama, or the rest of the world feels, Trump has made his intentions for the Panama Canal known. He sees ...
Carter also agreed that the Panama Canal itself would be turned over to Panama on Dec. 31, 1999. On Tuesday, a reporter asked Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, if he would assure the ...
It was President Jimmy Carter who negotiated the return of the Panama Canal to the Panamanians and secured the more-than-two-thirds vote in the US Senate necessary to ratify the Panama Canal ...
He added, "We need them for economic security. The Panama Canal was built for our military." Trump also slammed former President Jimmy Carter for overseeing diplomatic negotiations to turn over ...
His fascination is nothing new. “The Panama Canal is doing quite well,” Donald Trump beamed in June 2017 during one of his earliest meetings with another world leader. “I think we did a good ...
marked a turning point that eventually led to the 1977 Torrijos-Carter Treaties. When the U.S. transferred total control of the Canal to Panama on Dec. 31, 1999, it was not a simple ...