Title:

 Australia, Japan, U.S. call for South China Sea code to be legally binding

Author:

Manuel Mogato and Christian Shepherd

Source:

Reuters

Date:

August 7, 2017

Description:

Australia, Japan and the United States on Monday urged Southeast Asia and China to ensure that a South China Sea code of conduct they have committed to draw up will be legally binding and said they strongly opposed "coercive unilateral actions".