The U.S. proposal is legally binding and would commit countries not only to enforce domestic environmental laws, but also to enforce commitments made in international environmental agreements.
On Saturday, Mr. Mnuchin said that the United States and China would both have the authority to enforce commitments that are agreed to, indicating the ability for Beijing to exert some control in the future as well.
The same mechanism can enforce commitments to investors, such as currency manipulation, unfair subsidies, and unjust expropriation of property.
The rule of law will be critical to enforcing commitments on climate change and advancing climate justice.
At this point, administration officials said, they do not have a way to enforce the commitment, other than by publicizing the performance of health care providers to hold them accountable.
The team's lease with the five-year-old rink has 26 years left, and the city submitted a statement to the court saying "it intends to vigorously and fully enforce that commitment".
We have a responsibility to protect the brand's core values and further enforce our commitment to this global issue, starting with our home market.
The 190 countries -- including the DRC -- that have pledged to adhere to the World Heritage Conventions have an obligation to speak up now and enforce the commitment made 35 years ago to protect Virunga, an "irreplaceable source of life and inspiration... that belongs to all the peoples of the world".
Telecommunications regulators are accused of failing to properly enforce deregulation commitments that Mexico agreed to in 1998.
On a national scale, effective managed care will require the right mix of reputation and regulation to enforce provider commitments, and will need some reframing and renaming to make it palatable.
Intercepting a shipment of smuggled plutonium before it reaches a rogue nation makes sense if countries are unwilling or unable to enforce treaty commitments to block the spread of nuclear materials.
