Back to the original topic. The ATCA is being treated as a trade agreement in the US, as an actual treaty would have to be ratified by our Senate in open session. I don't think they could get it passed....
However, the trade agreement in the US does not have the force of a treaty, i.e. it can be tossed out by the court system. If implemented, I'm certain there would be a lot of test cases....
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