In this Dec. 3, 2018 file photo, a Panama Canal worker docks the Chinese container ship Cosco at the Panama Canal's Cocoli Locks. Panama remains a strategic location for commerce, anchored by the heavily trafficked Panama Canal shipping route and a recently expanded international airport. ( Arnulfo Franco, File / AP Photo ) In this Nov. 17, 2017 file photo, Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela greets children waving Chinese and Panamanian flags during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. China and the U.S. are the main clients of the Panama Canal, the economic engine of the country. The U.S. completed construction of the Panama Canal in 1914, creating a transoceanic path across an isthmus that was then a province of Colombia.

Source: thestar May 05, 2019 03:56 UTC