US embargo
American commercial ban
A US embargo is a government-ordered restriction on trade or economic activity with a specific country, entity, or sector.
The United States maintains embargoes against nations like Cuba, North Korea, and Iran, prohibiting most commerce and financial transactions: The US embargo on Cuba has lasted over sixty years.
Violating an embargo carries serious legal penalties.
- Bay of PigsFailed 1961 invasion site
- executive ordersPresidential directives with legal force
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
- congressional actsLaws passed by legislature
- export controlsRestrictions on foreign sales
OFAC · frozen assets · diplomacy · dollar diplomacy · bilateral agreements · national security · economic warfare · trade war · economic pressure · international law · trade restrictions · foreign policy · Cold War · regime change · trade regulations · legal exemptions · enforcement agencies · tariff barriers
- embargoestrade ban, export ban, import ban
US embargofree trade agreement
Treaty eliminating tariffs between nations
free trade · open trade · deregulation · customs union · tariff
US embargoforeign aid
Cross-border governmental help
economic assistance · trade deal · Marshall Plan · subsidies · loan guarantees
US embargodiplomatic engagement
Official contact between governments
economic integration · market opening · rapprochement · détente · NAFTA
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