[Maximum Leader]

Those were executive agreements, while treaties require a 2/3rds vote of the seante, EA's are ratified by majority votes of both houses of Congress.

The courts treat them as pretty much the same thing. I don't think there has been a treaty or EA ratified concerning this issue, but I could be wrong.

[eskimo]

Those were executive agreements, while treaties require a 2/3rds vote of the seante,

They were trade treaties, they were called something else when it became obvious 2/3 of the Senate would not ratify them.