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On July 12, nine years ago, the Permanent Court of Arbitration delivered its final ruling on the case filed by the Philippines against China over territorial disputes in the South China Sea. The court ...

Earlier this month, Washington struck a deal with Vietnam, an ASEAN country that would see its exports to the US face a 20 ...