Breaking news: Trump takes a major step toward seabed mining in international waters
A new executive order pits the United States against the rest of the world.
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April 24, 2025, 5:51 p.m. ET

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Trump Takes a Major Step Toward Seabed Mining in International Waters

The executive order would circumvent a decades-old international treaty that every major coastal nation except the United States has ratified.

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