Freeze work on treaties the Senate has not ratified
What the document says“the Secretary of State should order an immediate freeze on all efforts to implement unratified treaties and international agreements”
The chapter asks for a freeze on implementing unratified treaties and agreements, on resource allocation, foreign assistance disbursements, contracts and payments, and hiring, pending a review led by political appointees. It says the quality of the review matters more than its speed.
What the document actually says“the Secretary of State should order an immediate freeze on all efforts to implement unratified treaties and international agreements”
Stop all work on treaties the Senate has not approved.
The Senate must approve a treaty for it to count. Some are followed before that happens. The book says all such work should stop at once.
Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid
2025-01-20 · 90 FR 8619
Executive Order 14169 orders an immediate pause on new obligations and disbursements of foreign development assistance pending reviews conducted under guidelines provided by the Secretary of State, with the Office of Management and Budget enforcing the pause through its apportionment authority. That answers the freeze on foreign assistance disbursements, contracts and payments pending review that the chapter asks for in the same passage. It does not reach the sentence quoted. Nothing in the order concerns unratified treaties or international agreements, and the pause runs across every agency with development assistance programs rather than being a freeze ordered inside the State Department.
The order pauses new aid spending while each program is reviewed under State Department rules. That answers the freeze the book asks for in the same passage. But it does not touch the quoted line. Nothing here concerns treaties or deals that were never approved. The pause covers every agency, not just the State Department.