U.S. President Trump’s order comes less than a month after the Vancouver-based Metals Company said it was seeking U.S. approval to mine critical minerals deep in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. President Donald Trump has issued an executive order to unilaterally open up mining of the world’s seabeds — a move that sets up a direct confrontation with several allies and opens a potential path for a Vancouver-based mining company to suck critical minerals off the sea floor. The order, handed down Thursday, comes less than a month after the The Metals Company said it was seeking U.S. approval to mine...