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After the failure of the Embargo Act of 1807, the federal government of the United States took little interest in imposing embargoes and economic sanctions against foreign countries until the 20th century. United States trade policy was entirely a matter of economic policy. After World War I, interest revived.
List of sanctioned countries (the below is not an exhaustive list): [87] Afghanistan sanctions by the US [88] China by the EU and the US. Sanctions made on arms embargo, enacted in response to the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 [89] European Union arms embargo on the People's Republic of China; Hong Kong, enacted in response to the National ...
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]
Azza Air Transport, former Cargo airline, in the SDN List. The Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List, also known as the SDN List, is a United States government sanctions/embargo measure targeting U.S.-designated terrorists, officials and beneficiaries of certain authoritarian regimes, and international criminals (e.g. drug traffickers).
New Zealand imposed "largely symbolic" sanctions in May 2014, [25] and in September 2014, Australia placed Russia, Crimea, and Sevastopol on the Australian autonomous sanctions list in response to the Russian threat to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, [26] [27] [28] while Japan sanctioned Russian military-related technology ...
United States sanctions against China; Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act; Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010; Congo River Alliance; Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act; United States embargo against Cuba; Cuban Democracy Act
The Biden administration on Thursday sanctioned a Venezuelan gang allegedly behind a spree of kidnappings, extortion and other violent crimes tied to migrants that have spread across Latin America ...
The purpose of the initial sanctions was to compel Iraq to comply with international law, which included recognizing the sovereignty of Kuwait. The second category of design consists of sanctions aimed at containing threats to peace within geographical boundaries. [13] The 2010 Iran nuclear proliferation debate serves as a contemporary example.