US President Donald Trump signed an executive order in April to expand permitting for deep-sea mining in both domestic and international waters using an obscure 1980 US law

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order in April to expand permitting for deep-sea mining in both domestic and international waters using an obscure 1980 US law

 SAUL LOEB

US President Donald Trump's move to sidestep global regulations and begin pushing for seabed mining in international waters could pose a wider threat of competing countries claiming sovereignty over the ocean, experts say.

Trump last month signed an executive order to accelerate the permit-granting process for deep-sea mining in domestic and international waters, citing an obscure 1980 US law.

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