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.
當五角大廈的長官們與美國主要商業團體達成一致時，就相當於美國的掌門人們達成了一致。美國參議院本週啓動對美國加入《聯合國海洋法公約》(UN Convention on the Law of the Sea)的批准程式，這是20年來第3次。全世界只有包括伊朗、北韓和委內瑞拉在內的幾個國家，仍然拒絕簽署這個公約。美國商會(US Chamber of Commerce)和軍方首領都希望美國簽署這個公約。但加入該公約的議案在表決時能否獲得必須的三分之二贊成票，還是個未知數。
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