> Unfortunately I have to fault your reporting too. Treaties don't take effect domestically until they are ratified by the involved countries legislatures, not

> Unfortunately I have to fault your reporting too. Treaties don't take effect domestically until they are ratified by the involved countries legislatures, not are merely signed. Not always. Obama didn't take the Paris climate agreement to Congress. I.e., it was never ratified, yet the general sentiment was the US had joined, complied during the Obama administration, and likely would have would under a Clinton administration. And there were a lot of headlines about the US "leaving" the agreement under Trump, which requires the US having been in. Of course, the obvious downside to not being ratified is exactly what happened under Trump. That the President can make a unilateral decision to leave the agreement. That said, if Trump agreed to do this, I imagine there's a good chance it follows through under his administration. (Although with Trump you never know.) And I imagine any subsequent Democratic administration follows through as well.