'Can't abstain from this debate': Pacific nations the next frontier in deep-sea mining

Pacific nations could find themselves in the middle of a trade stand-off between the US and China.

US agency releases plan to lease millions of hectares of seabed off the coast of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam A US government plan to lease out millions of hectares of seabed near the Mariana Trench for deep sea exploration has drawn opposition from US territories in the Pacific, as the Trump administration re