I just noticed that blockquote says "meditations" instead of "mediations". Funny. Or maybe UNCLOS is super-spiritual.
Can't wait for Trump to withdraw the US from this treaty along with NATO, SEATO, and the WTO but he's long been known for his trenchant critique of Grotius since his Wharton days.
Like so many things, the US observes the treaty but isn't party to it.
4 Like so many things, just another way Trump is more of the latest and most extreme point of a long-term US trend rather than an outlier.
Related: earlier this year the WH floated to Congress a bill that would make him ultimate overlord of all things tariff, and effectively abrogate the major treaties.
OTPRMegan has written some interesting things about the new Chinese and Indian nut tariffs likely hitting Central Valley growers pretty hard, since their expansions bank heavily on the growth of demand there. I texted someone who knows Trumpy farmers there, and he reported they're aware but basically crossing their fingers and hoping it comes to nothing, citing his erraticism.
6.1 would entail a major usurpation of Congressional powers, no?
Yes, but if they vote it away, it's not really usurping, but surrendering.
Wouldn't it be unconstitutional though?
The Fair Trade and Reciprocal Tariff Act. It stinks.
9 Maybe along the lines of the War Powers Act that surrendered some aspects of Congressional power over acts/declarations of war which the Constitution gives to Congress exclusively.
9: No.
2: There's probably a tweet where he calls Grotius "grody".
Timor seems actually to be wedded to the insanely expensive onshore Timor LNG option.