CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A U.S. Navy commander warned Wednesday that if the United States lost access to international waters claimed by China in the South China Sea, it would have far-reaching implications beyond military. U.S. Pacific Fleet commander Adm. Scott H. Swift told a conference on Indo-Pacific maritime security on Wednesday that sailing warships in freedom of navigation operations through contested areas where multiple countries have competing territorial claims was “not a naval issue.” He said the issue is the impact on the global economy and international law. But he said that the United States has no expectation that such a loss of access would ever occur. The U.S. Navy has angered ...
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