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EPISODE · Jul 23, 2026 · 31 MIN
[News] America Moves to Auction the Seabed: The World's First Deep-Sea Mining Lease Sale and the Regime It Bypasses
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The Trump administration wants to sell 20-year mining rights across more than 31 million acres of ocean floor off American Samoa, the first sale of its kind anywhere, while a parallel push into international waters challenges the UN regime that treats the deep seabed as the common heritage of mankind.
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