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[PEN-L:5187] Re: Trade Sanctions



At 6:03 PM 5/22/95, BILL MITCHELL wrote:

>(a) Why did they not go to the WTO first after having made such a fuss about
>it in the past? seems a little odd to say stuff the world regulatory body.
>i guess (from my chats with barkley) that this is indicative of the
>isolationist republican swing going on over in the US.

Not just isolationist Republican. The first principle of international law
is that the US can do whatever it wants, hang the legalities and
consequences. Multilateralism is fine as long as it furthers US interests.
Remember the World Court ruling against US mining of Nicaraguan harbors?

Doug

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