Panama Canal CEO denies Trump claim that China in control, says end of Carter neutrality treaty means 'chaos'

The CEO of the Panama Canal has denied President-elect Donald Trump's allegation that the waterway built by the United States over a century ago is now under the control of China. 

"The accusations that China is running the Canal are unfounded," Panama Canal Authority leader Ricaurte Vásquez Morales told the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. "China has no involvement whatsoever in our operations."

"Rules are rules and there are no exceptions," Vásquez Morales reportedly added. "We cannot discriminate for the Chinese...