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The contest for control of the world's shipping lanes has moved from strategic briefings into open diplomacy. At a session of the International Maritime Organization Council, U.S.
Ambassador to the United Kingdom Warren Stephens accused Beijing of converting port concessions, commercial fleets and supply chains into instruments of political coercion.
The statement arrives as President Donald Trump presses Denmark and NATO for U.S. control over Greenland, citing Chinese and Russian naval presence in the surrounding waters.
China's shipbuilding dominance sets the frame Stephens put numbers behind the concern.
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