treaties

plural of treaty
as in pacts
a formal agreement between two or more nations or peoples in accordance with a treaty between the United States and the tribes of the Pacific Northwest, commercial fishing of certain kinds of salmon is limited to Native Americans

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Recent Examples of treaties While Switzerland is not a European Union member, it is deeply integrated into the European single market via a network of bilateral treaties. Justina Lee, CNBC, 14 July 2026 This countered the favorable conditions previously established under the Reciprocity treaties and drove down the value of Hawaii’s sugar exports in the following years, negatively impacting the business owners. Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 July 2026 That pattern has held since the Revolutionary War, from the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II to today’s active-duty ranks, even as Native nations endured broken treaties, dispossession and federal violence at the hands of the government. Kerri J. Malloy, The Conversation, 9 July 2026 The opinion was based on international treaties, like the Paris Agreement and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Jon McGowan, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 One of the final treaties of World War I, the Treaty of Lausanne, was signed at Palais de Rumine in Lausanne, Switzerland, by Greece, France, Turkey, Britain, Italy, Japan, Romania and the then-Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. USA Today, 7 July 2026 Rabuka did not expect a negative reaction from Beijing to the new treaties. ABC News, 6 July 2026 Congolese authorities withdrew an earlier case in 2001, and the court dismissed a second in 2006 for lack of jurisdiction, finding Rwanda had not signed or had entered reservations to some of the treaties Congo cited, or that other conditions for a case weren't met. Arkansas Online, 28 June 2026 The exhibition is set to chart the emergence of America through original documents, letters, maps, treaties and acts of Parliament. Adela Suliman, NBC news, 23 June 2026
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  • But that framework would be governed by the two countries themselves, instead of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which conventionally oversees nuclear pacts.
    Chris Boccia, ABC News, 22 July 2026
  • Although the text of the agreements hasn't been made public, the administration began announcing the pacts in the fall, starting with Pfizer.
    Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 16 July 2026
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  • The concept of bohemia arose in the 1830s in Paris, to describe the communities of writers, painters and artists, who lived outside of middle class society and conventions.
    Michael Bernick, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Following alt-rock’s aughties surge, a slew of bands like Mastodon, the Mars Volta, and Coheed & Cambria became main-stage festival acts by adapting modern hard rock conventions into over-the-top mutations.
    Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 19 July 2026
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  • The fragrance industry is witnessing a profound reinvention of gourmand scents, moving beyond simple sweetness to sophisticated, emotionally complex accords.
    Laia Farran Graves, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Summer perfume conversations are everywhere right now, with industry experts pointing to mood-boosting scents, solar accords and fruity notes as the season’s defining categories.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 18 June 2026

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