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ICC judge on what U.S. sanctions mean for her and global courts

229 points · 173 comments · rbanffy

  1. Drupon · · focus · HN ↗

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    1. anon291 · · focus · HN ↗
      Europeans have a superiority complex in believing their law is 'international'. It's not. American law rests on a joint agreement among the governed. The American people have never agreed to be governed by a foreign court.
      1. tmnvix · · focus · HN ↗
        I think you mean Americans. Are the Europeans in the habit of issuing unilateral sanctions in an attempt to impose their domestic law internationally?
        1. anon291 · · focus · HN ↗
          All countries are free to apply their domestic law to determine which countries they do and don't want to buy from. I disagree with the entirety of Trump's economic policy at this point, but the idea that America is doing something immoral by sanctioning nations is simply ridiculous.
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