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Hillary Clinton: “As a nonparty, we cede the legal high ground to China.”

On the recordMay 22, 2012
As a nonparty, we cede the legal high ground to China.
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Clinton emphasizes the disadvantage of the U.S. not joining the Law of the Sea Convention.

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