exclusive economic zone
noun
: the area of sea and seabed extending from the shore of a country claiming exclusive rights to it
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Japanese officials said that the missile landed outside the country’s exclusive economic zone and that there were no reports of damage.
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Stella Kim, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
Also in July, the Coast Guard spotted four Chinese military ships north of the Amchitka Pass in the Aleutian Islands in international waters, but also within the U.S. exclusive economic zone.
—CBS News, 18 Sep. 2024
The most obvious example is ASEAN’s cautious approach on the South China Sea: despite Beijing’s increasingly aggressive actions in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone in the past year, the bloc has issued no statement calling China out by name.
—Lynn Kuok, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2024
On July 6, the Coast Guard while on patrol spotted four Chinese military ships north of the Amchitka Pass in the Aleutian Islands in international waters, but also within the U.S. exclusive economic zone, officials said.
—CBS News, 9 Aug. 2024
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Stella Kim, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
Also in July, the Coast Guard spotted four Chinese military ships north of the Amchitka Pass in the Aleutian Islands in international waters, but also within the U.S. exclusive economic zone.
—CBS News, 18 Sep. 2024
The most obvious example is ASEAN’s cautious approach on the South China Sea: despite Beijing’s increasingly aggressive actions in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone in the past year, the bloc has issued no statement calling China out by name.
—Lynn Kuok, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2024
On July 6, the Coast Guard while on patrol spotted four Chinese military ships north of the Amchitka Pass in the Aleutian Islands in international waters, but also within the U.S. exclusive economic zone, officials said.
—CBS News, 9 Aug. 2024
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