"I've asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio to immediately take care of, and memorialize, this situation!" the president wrote ...

United States President Donald Trump said U.S. military and commercial ships should be allowed to travel free of charge ...

The Panamanian president, Jose Raul Mulino, said that toll fees were regulated by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP), an ...

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Saturday (Apr 26) urged free transit for American commercial and military ships through the Panama and Suez canals, tasking his secretary of state with making ...

U.S. President Donald Trump called on Saturday for 'free' transit for American commercial and military ships passing through the Panama and Suez ...

Ewan Palmer is a Newsweek News Reporter based in London, U.K. His focus is reporting on US politics, and Florida news. He joined Newsweek in February 2018 after spending several years working at ...

He argues both critical maritime routes would not exist without US involvement, calls for securing free passage ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that American military and commercial ships should be allowed to travel through the Panama Canal and Suez Canal free of charge.

Panama in February promised free passage for US warships through the canal, used mostly by the US and China, after Trump criticised Chinese influence over the waterway and threatened to “take it back.