When Pentagon chiefs agree with leading business groups, the US establishment has reached consensus. For the third time in 20 years, the US Senate this week set the ball rolling to ratify the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Only a handful of countries, including Iran, North Korea and Venezuela, have refused to sign. Both the US Chamber of Commerce and the military chiefs want it. Yet it is unclear whether the White House will secure the two-thirds majority it needs.
当五角大楼的长官们与美国主要商业团体达成一致时，就相当于美国的掌门人们达成了一致。美国参议院本周启动对美国加入《联合国海洋法公约》(UN Convention on the Law of the Sea)的批准程序，这是20年来第3次。全世界只有包括伊朗、朝鲜和委内瑞拉在内的几个国家，仍然拒绝签署这个公约。美国商会(US Chamber of Commerce)和军方首领都希望美国签署这个公约。但加入该公约的议案在表决时能否获得必须的三分之二赞成票，还是个未知数。
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