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Securing my rights to the last piece of Christmas ham by licking all the Christmas ham.
People licking meat in here?
Hopefully cocks and not dead animal carcass
the geometry of the claims looks oddly specific. Have they discovered something in those areas?
UNCLOS has rules defining where the continental shelf boundary can be considered to extend to, so it’s probably wherever that line is (with carveouts for where it meets Russia and Canada’s equivalent claims). This type of claim is only for the sea bed, not the water column, so it hasn’t been economically viable to exploit in the past. That might be changing with the increased importance of rare earth metals
Canada’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs didn’t respond to a request for comment
lol
I think this is the announcement?
https://www.state.gov/announcement-of-u-s-extended-continental-shelf-outer-limits/
I’m unclear which but is the new change
China attempts to maintain their territorial claims in the South China Sea after the Philippines and Vietnam conduct island-building operations there in the early-00s: CHINA BAD!!!
America expanding their territorial claims in the Pacific because they want more natural resources: Yeah, this is fine and reasonable and democratic.
Canada, who gets no say in the matter because we’re entirely reliant on the US for trade and defence: fuck, eh?
China bad
America bad
Simple
