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PBS NewsHour

Reality of Panama Canal control as Trump threatens action

Season 2025 Episode 50 | 7m 51s

Since returning to office, President Trump has made repeated claims that China operates the Panama Canal and threatened to take it back from the Panama Canal Authority, which has controlled it since 1999. Economics correspondent Paul Solman examines the canal’s history and the facts surrounding its operation.

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