Roughly 5% of all global trade flows through the canal’s 50-mile (80-kilometer) stretch each year, with the largest chunk being cargo heading between the East Coast of the United States and Asia.
Donald Trump’s talk about taking back the Panama Canal triggered a flood of old memories. Wife Ellie and I were there on point for the Associated Press from 1977 to ...
Built and managed by the USA for several years and transferred back to Panama in 1999, the Panama Canal has recently hit the ...