Browsing BusinessWorld by Place "United States"

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    • After China's massive drill, US patrols disputed area of South China Sea 

      Reuters (BusinessWorld, April 12, 2018, on page S2/6)
      In a span of 20 minutes, 20 F-18 fighter jets took off and landed on the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier, in a powerful display of military precision and efficiency. The nuclear-powered warship, leading a carrier ...

    • ASEAN airs concern on China buildup; PHL bans foreign research on Benham Rise 

      Balinbin, Arjay L.; Aguinaldo, Camille A. (BusinessWorld, February 7, 2018, on page S1/9)
      China's continued reclamation in the South China Sea has eroded trust among claimants and could raise regional tensions, Southeast Asian foreign ministers said Tuesday. Meanwhile, Philippine President Rodrigo R. Duterte ...

    • ASEAN defense chiefs scrap statement on south china sea 

      (Malaya, November 5, 2015, on page B6)
      Disagreement between the United States and China over how to address rival claims in the South China Sea marred a gathering of Southeast Asian defense officials on Wednesday, with a joint statement scrapped after ministers ...

    • Beijing protests US warship operation in South China Sea 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, May 29, 2018, on page S2/6)
      China has voiced “strong dissatisfaction” after two US warships sailed by an island claimed by Beijing in the disputed South China Sea, adding to simmering tensions in the strategic waterway. The foreign ministry issued a ...

    • BFAR backs WTO ban on fisheries subsidies 

      Ochave, Revin Mikhael D. (BusinessWorld, November 2, 2022, on page S1/4)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said the Philippines must comply with a World Trade Organization (WTO) ban on fishing subsidies, which is designed to deter illegal fishing, even amid pressure from ...

    • Carbon from Indonesia fires exceeds US emissions: green groups 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, October 23, 2015, on page S3/4)
      Fires raging across huge areas of Indonesia are spewing more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere every day than the US economy, according to estimates from global environment watchdogs. For nearly two months, thousands ...

    • China denies designs on Scarborough Shoal 

      Cigaral, Ian Nicholas (BusinessWorld, March 23, 2017, on page S1/11)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday said the government is maintaining a “close watch” on developments in the South China Sea, as Manila awaits Beijing’s clarification on its reported plan to further build ...

    • China says Philippines' 2016 arbitral award illegal 

      Tan, Alyssa Nicole O. (BusinessWorld, July 15, 2022, on page S1/8)
      China on Wednesday said a 2016 arbitral ruling by a United Nations-backed tribunal that voided its claim to more than 80% of the South China Sea violates international law. “China neither accepts nor recognizes it and will ...

    • China's claims to the South China Sea are unlawful. Now what? 

      The Editorial Board; The New York Times (BusinessWorld, July 29, 2020, on page S1/6)
      With China throwing its weight around in the South China Sea, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo rightly declared this month that the country’s aggressive claims to offshore resources in the area were “completely unlawful.” ...

    • China, US exchange accusations over US vessel in South China Sea 

      Reuters (BusinessWorld, November 27, 2023, on page S1/8)
      China and the United States exchanged accusations at the weekend over the disputed South China Sea, after China's military said it had driven away a U.S. warship that the U.S. Navy said was on a routine freedom of navigation ...

    • Duterte sends off patrol ship to South China Sea 

      Atienza, Kyle Aristophere (BusinessWorld, June 13, 2022, on page S1/12)
      President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Sunday led the commissioning of a Coast Guard ship that is set to patrol Philippine-claimed territories in the South China Sea, years after foreign policy experts started criticizing him for ...

    • Duterte softens tone on United States before South China Sea talks 

      Bloomberg (BusinessWorld, April 11, 2017, on page S1/5)
      The Philippines appears to be softening its tone toward the U.S. before holding talks with Beijing on the South China Sea. President Rodrigo Duterte let the insults fly last year, telling former leader Barack Obama to “go ...

    • Fish, missiles, tanks, and trawlers: Mozambique's strange trade with North Korea 

      McKenzie, David (BusinessWorld, February 15, 2018, on page SI/7)
      North Korea may be focused on a public relations drive in Pyeongchang right now, but its efforts to hoodwink the international community extends way beyond the Korean peninsula. When it comes to circumventing economic ...

    • Harassed in our own waters 

      Abesamis, Teresa S. (BusinessWorld, June 13, 2018, on page S1/6)
      First of all, why is the China Coast Guard patrolling our own waters, the West Philippine China Sea, which by international law, the UNCLOS (United National Convention on the Law of the Sea) to which both China and the ...

    • Is climate change killing American starfish? 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, October 2, 2015, on page S3/5)
      In recent years, millions of the starfish, also called sea stars, have had their legs curl up and pull away from their bodies, breaking the animals to pieces before they turn to mush, often in a matter of days. Scientists ...

    • Japanese, British warships head to South China Sea 

      Reuters (BusinessWorld, November 28, 2018, on page S2/8)
      Japan’s biggest warship, the Kaga helicopter carrier, joined naval drills with Britain’s HMS Argyll in the Indian Ocean on Wednesday as the frigate headed toward the contested South China Sea and East Asia. Britain, Japan ...

    • Manila welcomes report that G7 countries concerned about West Philippine Sea 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, June 8, 2015, on page 12/S1)
      The Philippines on Sunday welcomed reports that the G7 summit would express concern about unilateral efforts to assert sovereignty claims in the disputed South China Sea. Regional alarm is growing at moves by China ...

    • Memo on Philippine crab signed 

      Galang, Vincent Mariel (BusinessWorld, September 30, 2019, on page S1/11)
      The Philippines and the United States have partnered with the private sector to promote sustainable management of the local alimasag or blue swimming crab in the Visayan Sea.The partnership will engage local governments, ...

    • Philippine-Australian security partnership in the West Philippine Sea 

      De Castro, Renato C. (BusinessWorld, July 20, 2022, on page S1/7)
      On June 5, Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles revealed the details of an incident involving a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) reconnaissance aircraft and a Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force’s (PLAAF) ...

    • Philippines protests annual Chinese fishing ban 

      Tan, Alyssa Nicole (BusinessWorld, June 1, 2022, on page S1/10)
      The Philippines on Monday filed a diplomatic protest against China for its unilateral imposition of a three-and-half-month fishing ban in some areas of the South China Sea. The Philippines has “sovereignty, sovereign rights ...