The United States government has officially announced it is pulling out of the US Pacific islands fisheries treaty.
According to the terms of the nearly 30-year old deal with the islands region, the move will take effect in 12 months.
It is likely to hurt budgets of the island countries involved who had benefited from the annual payment of over US$80 million from the US government and industry.
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