We have extradition treaties, peace treaties, copyright treaties, trade agreements, etc etc, all of which present restrictions on what private individuals and corporations can and cannot do.

The notion that countries will seek to gain international adherence to its desired rules is anything but absurd. The only absurdity here is what's actually being proposed - so let's talk about that, instead of some notion that countries should not pursue international cooperation.

There's also a bit of hypocrisy when claiming to "speak for America", considering this is a country that has literally gone to war in order to "boss around foreign [people|companies]" - I'm not even talking about Iraq, look up the sordid history of the United Fruit Company and its relationship to Latin American interventionism.