Panama has rejected president-elect's threats, but Hong Kong and mainland Chinese companies have much at stake President-elect Donald Trump's threat to retake the Panama Canal to safeguard US national security has raised questions about the possible impact on Hong Kong and mainland Chinese companies operating there.

Beijing’s efforts to expand its reach in the country have hit several obstacles, in part because of American pressure.

President-elect Donald Trump’s statement about possibly taking back control of the Panama ... for Hong Kong is the likely trade war between Beijing and Washington. He added that the city ...

We're taking it back.' Trump inauguration speech claim that the U.S. will regain control of the Panama Canal spurs immediate reaction in Panama.

The Panamanian comptroller's office that oversees public entities announced “an exhaustive audit" at the Panama Ports Company.

Panama has complained to the United Nations over President Donald Trump's "worrying" threat to seize the Panama Canal.

The neutrality of the nearly 50-mile canal, through which nearly 15,000 ships transit each year, is enshrined in Panama’s Constitution and is enforced by the autonomous Panama Canal Authority.

Panama has begun an audit of a Hong Kong company that operates ports at either end of its canal, aiming to dispel Washington’s fears of growing Chinese influence over a strategic waterway that President Donald Trump has vowed to “take back”.

Republican lawmakers in the U.S. Senate are taking steps to address President Donald Trump's concerns over the operation of the Panama Canal, calling on the country's government to sever its ties with China and Chinese businesses.

Panama has complained to the United Nations over US President Donald Trump's "worrying" threat to seize the Panama Canal, even as it launched

Panama has reportedly submitted a formal letter to the U.N. rejecting Trump's statement about reclaiming the canal. The country's President José Raúl Mulino said in the letter, dated January 20, that the canal "is and will continue to be Panama's," the New York Times reported.