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>14 American cities have signed a World Economic Forum treaty that legally compels them to ban meat, dairy, and private car ownership by the year 2030.
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>14 U.S. Cities Sign WEF Treaty To Ban Meat, Dairy, Private Cars by 2030
The United States Constitution provides that the president "shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two-thirds of the Senators present concur" (Article II, section 2).
https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/treaties.htm
An international agreement is defined as a “treaty” under US law only if it has received the advice and consent of two-thirds of the Senate and has been ratified by the President. Both of these steps are essential. If the Senate consents to a treaty, but the President declines to ratify it, the treaty will not take effect for the US.
https://www.justia.com/international-law/treaties-under-international-and-us-law/
Creating an office of subnational diplomacy within the State Department will enable the U.S. government to leverage the global leadership and experience of mayors and governors while advancing its domestic agenda.
This office’s main objective should be to build the capacity and expertise of cities and states to engage with counterparts across the world in ways that benefit their residents.
Through a fellowship that places State Department diplomats with local governments, the new office could play a key role in rebuilding the diplomatic corps for the 21st century, providing expanded opportunities for early- to mid-stage diplomats to sharpen their expertise and experience and benefit from the pragmatic, problem-solving approach to international relations practiced at the subnational level.
The day after the Trump administration announced the withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, more than 450 U.S. cities—including the 10 largest ones—committed to uphold the Agreement goals.
The U.S. Constitution clearly grants responsibility and power for conducting foreign relations to the president and Congress, and local governments are constrained from interfering in its conduct by the national government. Yet subnational governments have wide latitude to engage with foreign counterparts and execute agreements, memorandums of understanding, or other mechanisms to formalize or impart an official designation to their ties.
Meeting with U.S. mayors shortly after the U.S. election, President-elect Joe Biden pledged to work with them in a new partnership between local and federal governments as part of his “Build Back Better” agenda.
Secretary of State John Kerry, Clinton’s successor, subsequently named Ian Klaus as senior advisor for global cities within Policy Planning at the State Department.
As suggested by the proposed legislation, a fellowship program that places a substantial number of foreign service officers for tours of duty in U.S. city and state governments should serve as the centerpiece of the new office.
2021 02 17
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/partnership-among-cities-states-and-the-federal-government-creating-an-office-of-subnational-diplomacy-at-the-us-department-of-state/
Put US “diplomats” and FSOs in US cities: Deep State attempt to completely infiltrate/control local politics?
Racial inequalities and injustice: hard to stomach reading Brookings