The UN has dealt China a blow by ruling that its claims in the South China Sea are incompatible with the laws of the sea, but the impact on trade is likely to be minimal for now. The Philippines had initiated a case against China late in 2013, claiming that China’s “nine-dash-line” within which it ...

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