CNO: U.S. should ratify Law of the Sea Treaty to counter China

By Mallory Shelbourne / February 6, 2019 at 1:48 PM
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson today endorsed ratifying the Law of the Sea Treaty as a means to address Chinese aggression in the South China Sea, where Beijing has constructed platforms that could be used for military purposes. "I think in the aggregate, our nation is well-served by doing that and certainly the world economy, the world is well-served. So I would advocate for ratifying that treaty," Richardson said at an Atlantic Council event in Washington. "We behave...

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