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She said the country had relied too heavily on selling goods, such as commodities like energy and minerals, to the U.S. tariff-free under the provisions of a North American trade treaty.

Because each state under this treaty expressly retained its “sovereignty,” the best reading was that each state would decide for itself who was and was not a citizen of that state.

But the treaty was buffeted by tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

But while strongly-worded opinions over whether or not to pull out of the treaty make for easy headlines, the consequences are deeply complicated.

A formal peace treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia has not yet been signed, but one thing is clear: since the Washington meeting, not a single shot has been fired on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border.