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Originally Posted by Gort
Actually this is incorrect. Were Quebec to become an independant nation our treaties with Canada would only apply to Canada. Since Quebec would no longer be part of Canada none of them would apply to Quebec. More importantly it would give us a reason to re-evaluate the whole notion of NAFTA to begin with, it has been an abysmal failure.
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I wonder what your sources for that view are Gort. Just think about it: if it would be like that, a newly independent state could so easily be isolated by neighbouring countries. This would lead immediately after the foundation to deep economic crisis and political instability, so no it is not like that. In addition, the Canadian government concluded all international treaties and agreements for the entire Canadian state (including Quebec), the same goes for all national laws. According to your logic, also all national laws would immediately cede to be valid after the independance of Quebec, causing chaos and anarchy until the new Quebecois gvt votes all those thousands of laws that are coming from Canada, and according to your logic, lose any viability.
No of course not.
As the
Vienna Convention on Succession of States in respect of treaties states, it is up to the newly independent state to continue the membership of any multilateral treaties (Art.17), as for bilateral treaties both parties have to agree on the continuation of the treaty (Art.24). NO treaty loses its validity automatically (Art.16).