The legal basis is that the US has a big stick, and so all countries must follow us laws, or they'll nuke your capital, rape your children, destroy all your inf

The legal basis is that the US has a big stick, and so all countries must follow us laws, or they'll nuke your capital, rape your children, destroy all your infrastructure, etc. In this case, it's just leaving you to starve, so you're pretty well off on the whole vs other things Americans will do