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Originally Posted by vintage40s
CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) is an international agreement between governments. Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival.
https://www.cites.org/eng/disc/parties/chronolo.php
A state can make its own laws, but cannot be a party to CITES, much less change anything about it. |
The question was raised about feeling safe buying BR and Mad as long as one never leaves the USA.
If states can make laws more restrictive than the
federal-level CITES then even those who never leave the USA may some day regret buying a guitar with outlawed wood.
When wood is outlawed, only outlaws will have wood.
