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The Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (S. 494, Pub. L. 107–99 (text)) is an act passed by the United States Congress which imposed economic sanctions on Zimbabwe, allegedly to provide for a transition to democracy and to promote economic recovery. [1]
The U.S. does not maintain a specific list of countries that U.S. persons cannot do business with because its sanctions program varies in scope depending on the sanctions program. Although some sanctions programs are broad and target entire jurisdictions ("comprehensively sanctioned jurisdictions"), most are "targeted" sanctions and focus on ...
In March 2022, in retaliation for sanctions imposed against Russia in response to their invasion of Ukraine, Russia added an additional 48 countries that had imposed sanctions against it to the unfriendly countries list. Creditors from countries on the list who sought to receive payments on debt were required to open a special bank account at a ...
Cuba had earlier this month announced it would release more than 500 prisoners in a deal with the Vatican after Biden softened sanctions on the island in early January.
In the most serious cases, countries are called upon to apply counter-measures to protect the international financial system from the ongoing money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing risks emanating from the country". [5] As of November 2022, only three countries were on the FATF blacklist: North Korea, Iran, and ...
Boycotts of countries (10 C, 12 P) C. Sanctions against China (3 C, 9 P) E. Embargoes (26 P) I. Sanctions against Iran (4 C, 34 P) ... List of sanctions involving Israel;
China's three unilateral sanctions programs are separately administered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Commerce, and the Taiwan Affairs Office. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs maintains a sanctions list that imposes travel, trade, and financial restrictions against targeted individuals and entities accused of interfering with ...
Sanctions against the Taliban government [2] Belarus: 2005: Sanctions against those affiliated with the Alexander Lukashenko government including Lukashenko [3] Burundi: 2015: Sanctions against Burundian government officials who are deemed to undermine democracy. [4] China: 2021: Over alleged human rights abuses on the Uyghurs in Xinjiang [5 ...