When Pentagon chiefs agree with leading business groups, the US establishment has reached consensus. For the third time in 20 years, the US Senate this week set the ball rolling to ratify the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Only a handful of countries, including Iran, North Korea and Venezuela, have refused to sign. Both the US Chamber of Commerce and the military chiefs want it. Yet it is unclear whether the White House will secure the two-thirds majority it needs.
當(dāng)五角大樓的長官們與美國主要商業(yè)團(tuán)體達(dá)成一致時(shí)，就相當(dāng)于美國的掌門人們達(dá)成了一致。美國參議院本周啟動(dòng)對美國加入《聯(lián)合國海洋法公約》(UN Convention on the Law of the Sea)的批準(zhǔn)程序，這是20年來第3次。全世界只有包括伊朗、朝鮮和委內(nèi)瑞拉在內(nèi)的幾個(gè)國家，仍然拒絕簽署這個(gè)公約。美國商會(huì)(US Chamber of Commerce)和軍方首領(lǐng)都希望美國簽署這個(gè)公約。但加入該公約的議案在表決時(shí)能否獲得必須的三分之二贊成票，還是個(gè)未知數(shù)。