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.

President-elect Donald Trump threatened recently to retake the Panama Canal because of what he called "exorbitant" rates and China's influence. What threats could China pose to the U.S. if it were able to exert strategic control over the canal?

China will as always respect Panama's sovereignty over the Canal and recognize the Canal as a permanently neutral international waterway, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said Friday, in response to a question about US president-elect Donald Trump's claim that there are Chinese soldiers stationed at the Panama Canal.

The president-elect intends to push back on Beijing’s “growth and strategic footprint” in the Western Hemisphere, said Trump’s pick for Latin America special envoy.

X account The Halfway Post claimed the country of Panama was banning the entire Trump family from entering its borders for 100 years. The post in question was reshared thousands of times. Some X users seemed to interpret the rumor as a factual recounting of real-life events,

President-elect Donald Trump recently proposed reclaiming the Panama Canal, which has quickly sparked global debate. The canal was constructed by the U.S. in 1914, and later trans