VOA常速英语听力2012年07月合辑(文本):HOPES-DIM-FOR-US-RATIFICATION-OF-GLOBAL-MARITIME-TREATY.doc
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1、U.S. business groups are expressing disappointment over dimmed chances that the United States will ratify a decades-old global maritime pact. At least 34 Republican senators have declared their opposition to the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea, denying supporters the two-thirds Senate vo
2、te they would need for ratification.Maritime defense, shipping, and natural resources extraction are but a few of the endeavors covered by the Law of the Sea Convention, which governs how nations use the worlds oceans. Among major industrialized nations, only the United States has yet to join.The tr
3、eaty must be confirmed by the Senate for the U.S. to have any say in how it operates. But the Obama administrations hopes for a Senate vote were dashed this week because of growing Republican opposition to the pact.“This is something that is not going to happen this year, says Senator James Inhofe.T
4、here are some 35 members and many more, I might suggest, that would vote against it, should it come up.”Sovereignty issueInhofe says the treaty would erode U.S. sovereignty.“It would, for the first time in the history of this country, authorize the United Nations to have taxing authority over the Un
5、ited States of America,” he added.The Obama administration says the treaty does not allow any U.N. taxes. U.S. business groups support ratification, saying the treaty will expand opportunities for American companies and protect their maritime interests. The Senate opposition is disappointing to Joe
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