This is already taking place in the trade realm. Governments agree to accept the rulings of the World Trade Organization because on balance they benefit from an international trading order even if a particular decision requires that they alter a practice that is their sovereign right to carry out.
此外，如果希望国际系统正常运转，国家就必须向世界组织牺牲某些主权。这种情况在贸易领域已经发生了。政府同意接受国际贸易组织的裁决，因为总体上看它们从国际贸易秩序中获益非浅，即便世贸组织可能在某个特定的裁决中要求主权国家修改其做出的决定也不例外。