How four Ryūjō-class carriers could change treaty categories

Would four Ryūjō-class carriers make treaties more likely to exempt or separately classify carriers below 10,000 tons?

Probably; negotiators might create a limited cruiser-carrier category rather than lose Japan from the treaty system.

Four Ryūjō-type ships would make sub-10,000-ton carriers a real treaty issue rather than an isolated design. Japan could threaten withdrawal if the ships were counted entirely against its fleet-carrier allowance. A plausible compromise would create a separate cruiser-carrier category with a capped share of total tonnage. Britain and the United States would then build their own small carriers, producing parallel limits for fleet and cruiser carriers. The existing class could force a legal category into being.