11.   The pact does allow U.S. law enforcers to conduct searches in Barbadian waters so long as an officer of Barbados is aboard the U.S. vessel.

12.   The old pact allowed for preferential trade.

13.   The outdated pact allows each side to regulate only its own vessels, not boats from the other side, even if they operate illegally in coastal waters.

14.   The pact allows industrial nations to meet their obligations to reduce the gases by helping developing countries reduce theirs.

15.   The pact allows the company more than nine years to use the hundreds of tons of pumice it has already mined.

16.   The scrapped pact also allowed hundreds of poor Venezuelans to receive free medical treatment in Cuba, while dozens of Cuban doctors are working in Venezuela for free.

17.   The pact has allowed the government army to redeploy troops from previous zones of conflict with the Croats.

18.   Such pacts allow central banks to sell government securities in times of need with a promise to buy them back later.