BEIJING (Reuters) - China is opposed to U.S. "smearing and sabotage" of the Belt and Road Initiative in Panama through "pressure and coercion", its foreign ministry said on Friday, after the South ...

China has summoned the Panamanian ambassador to complain about the country's decision to pull out of the Belt and Road ...

Following Donald Trump’s repeated claims that the US needs to “ take back ” the Panama canal from Chinese control, the US ...

China announced Saturday that the country has lodged “serious representations” with Panama over its exit from the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Assistant Foreign Minister Zhao Zhiyuan Friday ...

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The BRI is a central pillar of Jinping's bid to expand his country's clout overseas (File) China on Friday said it "regrets" Panama's decision to withdraw from Beijing's Belt and Road ...

The president did say Panama would not be renewing its agreement with China’s Belt and Road Initiative when it expires. Panama joined the initiative, which promotes and funds infrastructure and ...

In 2024, China’s trade volume with partner countries in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) grew by 6.4 percent year-on-year, accounting for over half of China’s total trade volume for the ...

Panama appears to have bowed to Donald Trump’s aggressive style of diplomacy by ditching its involvement in China’s Belt and Road initiative. During his first overseas visit as secretary of ...

Panama became the second country to leave China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) – after Italy in December 2023 – soon after new US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to Latin America ...

Wood Mackenzie says Chinese companies installed 24 GW of power projects throughout the world under China’s “Belt and Road” development initiative in 2024. This marked a record for a calendar ...