US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has said China poses an ongoing threat to the Panama Canal, but that together the US and Panama will keep the key waterway secure.
Speaking at a ribbon cutting for a new US-financed dock at the Vasco Nuñez de Balboa Naval Base after a meeting with Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino, Hegseth said the US will not allow China or any other country to threaten the canal's operations.
