Try turning this seemingly straightforward idea into an international treaty, though, and things soon become complicated.

Washington can welcome the proposal, and then start translating it into a workable treaty.

He entered into a treaty with the British on 27 May 1816.

In the present context, the question is whether one State can enter into a treaty on behalf of another.

Poland later had said that it wanted this commitment put into a treaty before the two Germanys united.

We therefore made such an agreement as was necessary for the purpose, and entered into a treaty with him to satisfy his demands.

With almost no alterations, these articles were made into a treaty on September 3, 1783.

But they have yet to turn it into a treaty.

And did he have the right to enter into such a treaty without the knowledge and blessings of his brother, the King?

Only an agreement on what should go into a new treaty.