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To: jjotto
The US is party to at least 5,000 ‘agreements between nations’ that are not treaties.

Well, yes. But a line has to be drawn between a low-power agreement (like: I won't tax your wheat if you don't tax my steel) and a high-power agreement like the TPP. I would argue that that line should be drawn as conservatively as possible.

If such an agreement has sweeping powers, or the potential for such powers, it's a treaty.

70 posted on 06/13/2015 6:04:54 AM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Leaning Right

It’s a treaty when Congress or the President want it to be. The Constitution is not specific.

You might be interested in a little history of treaties vs. agreements:

http://constitution.findlaw.com/article2/annotation12.html#f388


74 posted on 06/13/2015 6:08:36 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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