U.S. Navy
China has a history of manipulating the EEZ concept to its own ends. In 2009 two of its trawlers came within 25 feet of the unarmed USNS Impeccable in international waters off Hainan Island in the South China Sea, forcing an emergency "all stop" to avoid collision.
U.S. Navy

The U.S. Senate Should Ratify UNCLOS

By Commander Bradley May, U.S. Navy Reserve
June 2012
Proceedings
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The first draft of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) was completed in 1982. The treaty provided a broad legal framework governing movement on the sea and the proper handling of sea-based resources. By 1994, treaty revisions had alleviated U.S. concerns regarding deep seabed mining. President Bill Clinton signed and forwarded it to the Senate for advice and consent, but it was never ratified.

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