It also appeared that the U.S., in another first, was directly sanctioning the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, the government agency that oversees Iran's nuclear program. Prior sanctions targeted specific s
Deploying SDN sanctions is a bazooka option with significant spillover effects. Such a move would effectively freeze out the company from global markets, creating significant rip-and-replace costs and disruptions. Other countries would resent such an extreme unilateral move, especially if applied agains...
An executive order signed on the first day of the new administration directed the sanctioning of certain international cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) or Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs), stating that it is “the policy of the Uni...
The United States on Monday will sanction more than two dozen people and entities involved in Iran’s nuclear, missile and conventional arms programs, a senior US official said, putting teeth behind UN sanctions on Tehran that Washington argues have resumed despite the opposition of allies and adv...
World Chess Federation president, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov of Russia, was included on the US sanction list concerning Syria on Wednesday, alongside three other individuals and six companies from Russia, Syria and Cyprus.
The two countries share a more than 2,000-mile disputed border. Satellite imagery shows China may be encroaching on Indian territory. Soldiers clashed there in June 2020, and again this past December. And as the West isolates Russia, India fears Putin is already looking eastward, toward ...
The United States deployed its most powerful sanctioning tool, placing Russian elites and two banks on the Specially Designated Nationals list, effectively kicking them out of the US banking system, banning them from trading with Americans, and freezing their US assets. Biden said the sanctions ...
US Ends Sanction Waivers for Countries Importing Iranian oil U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to eliminate all waivers issued to eight economies allowing them to buy Iranian oil without facing U.S. sanctions, the White House said on Monday, while vowing to ensure global oil market was ...
At one point 90% of Intel's revenue went through China and required a Export license which was granted 100% of the time. I also think it is a problem that the US tries to regulate other countries. China is Taiwan's major trading partner... for some reason ...
General principles US sanctions may be primary or secondary In general, primary sanctions, such as asset freezes and trade embargoes, prohibit transactions by persons in the sanctioning country with sanctioned countries or persons. The US primary sanctions generally apply to (1) all entities ...