[JumpCrisscross]

> just makes the U.S. look even more unreliable and incapable of meeting it's signed commitments

The EU is trying to captain the sinking ship of the international system of laws. China (UNCLOS), Russia (Geneva, Budapest) and now America (Geneva, Budapest, every trade agreement) have explicitly and materially violated their signed agreements in massive ways. The only charge America hasn't joined the party on is annexing others' sovereign territory, and it's not like we're not bugging the bouncer.

[jleyank]

There's a whole lot of middle-level countries that can/should act like the Internet and route around damage. With motivations on both sides, trade agreements can be reached more quickly. And there's trade to/from the US that has to be replaced.

[JumpCrisscross]

> There's a whole lot of middle-level countries that can/should act like the Internet and route around damage

Carney has the right idea here. The problem is you can't just ignore the large powers–that's trying to construct a prisoner's dilemma cartel.

[zhoBEENG]

If there is no international police, there is no international law.

[JumpCrisscross]

> If there is no international police, there is no international law

That was the Pax Americana. The problem is the same people complaining about countries blatantly breaking contracts now were whining about imperialism before.