April 3, 2026 - (Technically, the Senate itself does not ratify treaties, it only approves or rejects resolutions of ratification submitted by the Committee on Foreign Relations; if approved, the United States exchanges the instruments of ratification with the foreign power(s)). Between 1789 and 1990, the Senate approved more than 1,500 treaties, rejected 21, and 85 treaties were withdrawn because the Senate did not act on them.

1 Approved on May 26, 1960, with vote of 77 to 4; vote immediately followed by motion to reconsider, and on second vote treaty was rejected 49 to 30; second motion to reconsider was introduced on May 27, 1960, but was not taken up; treaty remained on calendar of Committee on Foreign Relations ...

September 21, 2023 - Specifically, Trump has withdrawn from an unprecedented five Article II treaties in three years: Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty: The United States signed in December 1987 and ratified in June 1988.

Presidents have unilaterally denounced or terminated dozens of treaties since Goldwater.

November 3, 2025 - ... Under the Trump Administration, the United States has withdrawn from a variety of international treaties and agreements, such as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Paris Climate Agreement, INF Treaty, and Open Skies Treaty.

May 4, 2018 - For purposes of U.S. law and practice, pacts between the United States and foreign nations may take the form of treaties, executive agreements, or nonlegal agreements, which involve the making of so-called "political commitments."13 Under the domestic law of the United States,14 a treaty is an agreement between the United States and another state that does not enter into force until it receives the advice and consent of a two-thirds majority of the Senate and is subsequently ratified by the President.15 The great majority of international agreements that the United States enters into, however,

December 1, 2020 - December 2020 By Kingston Reif and Shannon Bugos · The United States formally withdrew from the 1992 Open Skies Treaty on Nov. 22 despite domestic and international pressure to remain party to the accord, including from President-elect Joe Biden and numerous U.S. allies

November 8, 2022 - Biden’s move was hailed by world leaders and applauded by environmentalists at home. But the climate convention wasn’t the only global environmental agreement from which the country has been conspicuously absent. Here are four international treaties that have been ratified by most of the world’s countries, but not the United States.

November 12, 2018 - Less than four decades ago, a D.C. ... withdrawal from a host of bilateral and multilateral arrangements, including the Paris Climate Agreement; the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA); the U.N....

September 12, 2025 - List of Treaties Pending Before the Senate (U.S. State Department Website) The State Department's list includes treaties submitted for ratification during the current Congress as well as treaties submitted to the Senate during prior Congresses that remain pending and un-ratified. Note that un-ratified treaties remain pending before the Senate at the end of a congressional term, unless they are withdrawn by the president.

July 20, 2022 - According to the US national archives, 374 treaties (pdf, p.4) signed between the US and Native American Tribes from 1772 to 1867 were ratified. Of these, many were not respected: Only one article of the Pickering Treaty, or Treaty of Canadaigua of 1794, for instance, has been observed.

Among these treaties, a few have ... to ratify them problematic.[1] Among the treaties are the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Kyoto Protocol, and the Ottawa Treaty....

In what might be understood as ... the President from unilaterally withdrawing from a treaty (specifically, the North Atlantic Treaty).81 Section 1250A of the 2024 NDAA provides that the President "shall not suspend, ...

The Senate has considered and approved for ratification all but a small number of treaties negotiated by the president and his representatives. In some cases, when Senate leadership believed a treaty lacked sufficient support for approval, the Senate simply did not vote on the treaty and it was eventually withdrawn ...

January 9, 2026 - Established in 1992, the UNFCCC serves as the international structure for efforts to slow down climate change, providing the foundations for key treaties including the Paris Agreement, from which Trump has twice withdrawn.

November 19, 2025 - President Trump’s withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (the JCPOA or Iran Nuclear Deal), a sole executive agreement, raised no constitutional issues. Unilaterally entered into, the JCPOA could be unilaterally withdrawn from.

For additional information about the role of the Senate in the making of treaties and other international agreements, download this study prepared by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service for the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. ... 1Approved on May 26, 1960, with vote of 77 to 4; vote immediately followed by motion to reconsider, and on second vote treaty was rejected 49 to 30; second motion to reconsider was introduced on May 27, 1960, but was not taken up; treaty remained on calendar of Committee on Foreign Relations until 2000, when it was returned to the president. 2Rejected on March 8, 1983, with vote of 50 to 42; motion to reconsider was entered but not taken up; treaty remained on calendar of Committee on Foreign Relations until 1998, when it was returned to the president as part of the resolution of ratification for Montreal Protocol No.

Among the treaties unsigned or ... against Torture (OPCAT).[2] The United States is also one of the few countries not to have ratified the Kyoto Protocol.[3] According to a 2014 analysis by The New Republic, the ratification of a significant number of treaties signed ...

Among the treaties unsigned or ... against Torture (OPCAT).[3] The United States is also one of the few countries not to have ratified the Kyoto Protocol.[4] According to a 2014 analysis by The New Republic, the ratification of a significant number of treaties signed ...