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bans on arms-related exports, [9] controls over dual-use technology exports,; restrictions on economic assistance; financial restrictions such as: authority to prohibit U.S. citizens from engaging in financial transactions with the individuals, entities, or governments on the list, except by license from the U.S. government
However, the relations have turned negative due to accusations by the United States that Belarus has been violating human rights. Belarus, in turn, has accused the United States of interfering in its internal affairs. In 2008, Belarus recalled its ambassador from Washington and insisted that the Ambassador of the United States must leave Minsk. [1]
A person cannot, without a license or exception, export or re-export foreign-made commodities, software, or technology that incorporates controlled US-origin commodities, software, or technology if the items require a license and incorporate or are combined with more than a minimal amount of controlled US content, as defined in Title 15 of the ...
The United States has had export controls since the American Revolution, although the modern export control regimes can be traced back to the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917. A significant piece of legislation was the Export Control Act of 1940 which inter alia aimed to restrict shipments of material to pre-war Japan.
Export restrictions, or a restriction on exportation, are limitations on the quantity of goods exported to a specific country or countries by a Government. Export restrictions could be aimed at achieving diverse policy objectives such as environmental protection, economic welfare, social wellbeing, conversion of natural resources, and controlling inflationary pressures.
Belarus, in turn, has accused the United States of interfering in its internal affairs. Belarus has an embassy in Washington, D.C., and a consulate-general in New York. United States closed its embassy in Minsk in February 2022 for allowing Russian soldiers to use Belarus as a staging for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [179] Uruguay: 1992
On 10 December, the United States Department of State designated two heads of Akrestsina Detention Center; [84] both had already been designated by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury. [68] On 20 December, Switzerland imposed sanctions against 17 individuals and 11 companies related to Belarus. [85]
Russian exports were dramatically reduced, and the decreased price of Belarus's own exports resulted in an economic shortfall of between $6 and $7 million. As a result of the Great Recession, the Belarusian GDP decreased by 4.5% after previous GDP growth had carried it through the remainder of the previous year.