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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]
The United States has imposed two-thirds of the world's sanctions since the 1990s. [1] In 2024, the Washington Post said that the United States imposed "three times as many sanctions as any other country or international body, targeting a third of all nations with some kind of financial penalty on people, properties or organizations". [2]
The Czech Republic's embassy could only hire 19 Russian employees, while the United States embassy could not hire any. [8] 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.
Trump has railed against what he views as unfair trade arrangements, incorrectly saying America’s trade gaps with foreign nations show the United States is “losing” hundreds of billions of ...
China’s Ministry of Commerce said it would file a legal case against the United States at the World Trade Organization (WTO), in response to President Trump’s decision Saturday to impose 10 ...
But it said global growth remained below the historical average of 3.7% from 2000-2019, and warned countries against unilateral measures such as tariffs, non-tariff barriers or subsidies that ...
Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum said Mexico would enact tariffs and non-tariff economic retaliation against the United States. On February 3, both countries negotiated one-month delays on the tariffs with the United States and agreed to assist the U.S. with national security along their borders with the country.
Requiring the United States to oppose loans by the World Bank and other international financial institutions; Lifting diplomatic immunity to allow families of terrorist victims to file civil lawsuits in U.S. courts; Denying companies and individuals credits for income taxes paid to terrorist-listed countries; [44]