economic zone
Britishnoun
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Ben Weston, who runs a YouTube channel about North Korea, visited a special economic zone near the China and Russia borders last year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Located midway between Chinese and Iranian waters, the roughly 500-square-mile area usually has calm waters and is within Malaysia’s exclusive economic zone, yet outside of its territorial waters.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
The boat was in Japan's exclusive economic zone off Nagasaki Prefecture in the south-west when it was intercepted and its captain arrested on Thursday, according to the country's fisheries agency.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
With overseas territories across the Pacific, Caribbean and Indian oceans, France has the second-largest maritime exclusive economic zone in the world after the United States.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026
That, in combination with the advent of the euro as a common currency, has created a single economic zone out of a region once divided by an Iron Curtain.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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