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US Claims Huge Chunk of Seabed Amid Strategic Push for Resources (www.bnnbloomberg.ca)
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[–] nekandro@lemmy.ml -2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Except it's not really compatible with UNCLOS.

The US interpretation of UNCLOS would allow them to claim like half the Pacific

[–] Skua@kbin.social 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

What do you think isn't in line with it? This isn't an exclusive economic zone claim.