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Originally Posted by Hugh
But surely the challenge for any country undertaking negotiations with the USA is wondering if any agreement will be unilaterally withdrawn from, without discussion, in the future - this is what happened to the JCPOA.
It doesn't matter what you think of the deal - it was agreed between multiple governments, the compliance oversight was working (as agreed by the IAEA and the US State Department); what treaty is worth anything if one country can unilaterally declare it void? (and threaten to sanction countries who still try to make it work).
If nations can't trust U.S. commitments made by an administration that is no longer in office, then every pledge is valid for only four years.
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That's pretty much it, anything agreed by any country appears to be who runs it at the time. There has been plenty of U-turns in the UK on policy and government changes.
As for Kim j perhaps he's playing the world for a fool I guess time will tell. I read in the paper yesterday that he's moaning about the military exercise in SK at the min however they were suspended during the winter games and NK was informed that these would continue until the end of May once the Winter games were over so I don't see what his problem is.