Chinese companies operate ports on both ends of the Panama Canal and invest in mining in Greenland. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The president-elect is suddenly pushing to annex Greenland, reclaim the Panama Canal and absorb Canada, provoking longtime allies just days before taking office.

Donald Trump says the U.S. needs control of Greenland and the Panama Canal "for national security." Here's why both places are so important.

Hundreds of Panamanians marched on Thursday to mark the anniversary of a deadly uprising against U.S. control of the Panama Canal in 1964, with some protesters burning an effigy of President-elect Donald Trump who has threatened to retake the vital global waterway.

Gordon Chang, expert on U.S.-China relations, joined “Forbes Newsroom” to talk about Trump’s recent comments calling on the U.S. to reclaim control of the Panama Canal.

The canal executive said China doesn’t control route and U.S. ships can’t get better rates than others.

China has voiced its support for Panama to retain control of the Panama Canal after Trump floated the idea of taking back control of the trade route.

Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) will introduce a bill that would authorize the president to purchase the Panama Canal and put it under U.S. control, an acquisition that President-elect Trump has been

Trump’s fixation on Greenland is particularly odd, though not new. Back in 2018, he offered to buy it from Denmark, which controls the large, icy island as an autonomous territory. He was outraged when the Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, turned him down, calling her “ nasty ” and canceling a state visit to Copenhagen.

Donald Trump, just days from returning to the Oval Office, wants friend and foe to know that he’s wrestled with an alligator, tussled with a whale, murdered a rock, injured

Trump's interest in Greenland and the Panama Canal highlights U.S. concerns over China's and Russia's geopolitical expansion.