In Karahalios the Supreme Court concluded that a single unsuccessful legislative effort to authorize private litiga- tion demonstrated that no private action is appropriate. The extended legislative consideration of private litigation to enforce sec. 8 of the Export Admin- istration Act speaks even more loudly. Whatever implica- tion sec. 50 U.S.C. App.
Nations use boycotts and other forms of commercial pressure to achieve diplomatic and military ends.
Our case, a suit by an Israeli corporation against a Japanese bank to obtain damages on account of the bank's decision to respect a boycott by the Arab League, exposes some of the complications. No sur- prise, then, that Congress left implementation of sec. 8 to the President, who establishes the foreign policy of the United States. It would be imprudent for a court to create rights of action that might interfere with the conduct of foreign policy. Israel Aircraft makes a claim under state law in addi- tion to sec.