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To: Lane3 who wrote (211917)7/13/2007 2:02:47 PM
From: D. Long  Read Replies (1) of 793974
 
It's not nice to abrogate treaties. Not nice to back out of any contract. You don't sign contracts with the intention of backing out later. Lack of good faith. Better not to sign in the first place

Every treaty implicitly provides for a party to withdraw. No treaty may bind a State without its consent as a matter of sovereignty. It isn't contract law. There's a difference between withdrawing from and breaking a treaty. If you repudiate a contract, the other party can get damages. If a State repudiates a treaty, that is - withdraws, that is entirely within the power of the State and there is no wrong done.

As for isolationism, I think that piece on CAFTA directly addresses the point. It's not like folks from different countries can't trade without treaties. You shouldn't have to document it

That is standard out-there big-L libertarian thinking on Paul's part. The Constitution grants Congress the power to regulate international trade, and that includes regulating it by acceding to a set of standards agreed upon in a treaty. There's nothing unconstitutional or improper about it. The treaty doesn't "document" trade. It sets agreed-upon guidelines for State behavior and provides a venue to settle disputes amongst States, instead of resorting to the traditional method of resolving trade disputes. In the old days you bombed your debtors and seized their ports until the debt was paid.
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