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  2. United States government sanctions - Wikipedia

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    Retired business-studies academic Tim Beal views the US's imposition of financial sanctions as a factor increasing dedollarization efforts because of responses like the Russian-developed System for Transfers of Financial Messages (SPFS), the China-supported Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS), and the European Instrument in Support of ...

  3. Financial Sanctions Unit - Wikipedia

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    The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, takes an interest in financial sanctions policy against terrorism, and has made it the subject of major speeches. On 12 October 2006, he announced the broadening of the law to allow for financial sanctions to apply without the need of a UN or EU mandate, and solely on the basis of secret intelligence.

  4. International sanctions - Wikipedia

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    Economic sanctions can range from trade barriers, tariffs, and restrictions on financial transactions to a full naval blockade of the target's ports in an effort to block imported goods. The objective of the sanctioning country is to impose significant costs on the target country to coerce a policy change or attain a specific action from the ...

  5. Exclusive-Treasury says US warning to banks slows Russia ...

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    Washington's threat to hit foreign financial institutions with sanctions has made a significant difference in financial flows between Russia and countries such as Turkey, the United Arab Emirates ...

  6. Are sanctions working? Why Russia’s economy continues to grow

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    Sanctions on Russia ‘might not be having the impact the West had hoped’

  7. Economic sanctions - Wikipedia

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    Sanctions can target an entire country or they can be more narrowly targeted at individuals or groups; this latter form of sanctions are sometimes called "smart sanctions". [6] Prominent forms of economic sanctions include trade barriers , asset freezes , travel bans , arms embargoes , and restrictions on financial transactions .

  8. US takes aim at financial institutions with new Russia ...

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    The new order gives Washington and its allies new tools to target the networks Moscow was trying to put in place to circumvent these sanctions through the use of front companies and "witting and ...

  9. Economic sanctions against the United States - Wikipedia

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    The United States has imposed economic sanctions on multiple countries, such as France, United Kingdom and Japan since the 1800s. Some of the most famous economic sanctions in the history of the United States of America include the Boston Tea Party against the British Parliament, the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act against its trading partners and the 2002 steel tariff against China. [1]