71.   International treaties and agreements may be another barrier, if only because the Japanese cannot change them unilaterally.

72.   International treaties protect diplomats worldwide from being penalized for violating laws big and small, including parking tickets.

73.   It argued that because tanker safety was governed by federal law and international treaties, any nonconforming state requirements were pre-empted.

74.   It also casts doubt on the fundamental principle that each US president signs international treaties in the name of a stable, continuous American nation-state.

75.   It is interesting to note that the FCC has no authority over half of the radio frequency spectrum available to the United States through international treaty.

76.   It is so rare that it is protected as an endangered species by international treaty.

77.   It has also failed to ratify a number of international treaties including a convention banning land mines.

78.   It is a case study in the difference between Europeans, concerned about international treaties, and Americans, focused on action and national security.

79.   It is not uncommon for election-year politics to contaminate Congressional lawmaking, but a vitally important international treaty should not be cynically sacrificed for political advantage.

80.   Japan must be a party to this international treaty intended to choke off the flow of funds to terrorists.