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Governments weigh response to US going alone on deep-sea mining
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The International Seabed Authority has begun legal proceedings against the US over its unilateral push to permit deep-sea mining, as governments gathered for annual talks in Kingston. The move follows the Trump administration's efforts to fast-track seabed mining independently of the UN-backed body, which regulates mineral extraction in international waters under the Law of the Sea treaty.