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Not quite, the WTO decision trumps the states. I posted this a few days ago.
States rights and state sovereignty don't carry any weight here. The Constitution’s Supremacy Clause subordinates states’ rights to the national treaty power. When a nation enters into a treaty, it undertakes an international obligation that binds all of its organs (executive, legislative and judicial) and all its constituent jurisdictions (state and federal). A state is responsible for carrying out the obligations of an international agreement.
The US can't hide behind regional laws. I am told there have been cases brought by the US against other countries where other countries used provincial laws as a defense and the US made it clear that was not allowed.
If it happens in one town, it happens in the country.
But glad to have you aboard.
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