embargoes
Official commerce prohibitions
Embargoes are official restrictions on commerce or communication.
A government may impose an embargo on trade with a hostile nation, prohibiting imports, exports, or both.
The word also applies to information: The press release was under embargo until noon.
To embargo something is to place such a restriction on it.
Singular: embargo.
Official restriction on something
- restrictionLimit on action
- moratoriumTemporary prohibition or delay
- proscriptionFormal ban or condemnation
- injunctionCourt-ordered behavioral requirement
forbiddance · constraint · limitation · suppression · exclusion · halt · barrier · prevention
Barriers limiting international exchange
- export controlsRestrictions on foreign sales
- tariffsTaxes on imports
- dutiesRequired tasks or charges
- customs regulationsRules controlling border commerce
quota system · trade barriers · sanctions · boycott · blockade · moratorium · antidumping · contraband
Sealing off a place
- navalOf maritime warfare
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- interdictionAuthoritative prohibition or blockade
maritime · ports · shipping · coastguard · patrols · warships · flotilla · sea lanes
Policy avoiding foreign alliances
- trade warRetaliatory economic hostilities
- nonproliferationRestricting weapons dissemination
- protectionismShielding local producers
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
economic pressure · unilateral · multilateral · retaliation · Cold War · OPEC · Cuba · Iran
Formal discussion seeking agreement
- treatiesFormal agreements between states
- summitsHighest elevations or conferences
- envoysOfficial diplomatic representatives
- ambassadorsOfficial diplomatic representatives
sanctions · foreign policy · diplomatic pressure · mediation · alliances · detente · accords · delegations
ban
Official restriction on something
- restrictionLimit on action
- moratoriumTemporary prohibition or delay
- proscriptionFormal ban or condemnation
injunction · forbiddance · constraint · limitation · suppression · exclusion · halt · barrier · prevention · cessation
trade restrictions
Barriers limiting international exchange
- export controlsRestrictions on foreign sales
- tariffsTaxes on imports
- dutiesRequired tasks or charges
customs regulations · quota system · trade barriers · sanctions · boycott · blockade · moratorium · antidumping · contraband · smuggling
blockade
Sealing off a place
- navalOf maritime warfare
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
interdiction · maritime · ports · shipping · coastguard · patrols · warships · flotilla · sea lanes · choke points
isolationism
Policy avoiding foreign alliances
- trade warRetaliatory economic hostilities
- nonproliferationRestricting weapons dissemination
- protectionismShielding local producers
sovereignty · economic pressure · unilateral · multilateral · retaliation · Cold War · OPEC · Cuba · Iran · North Korea
negotiations
Formal discussion seeking agreement
- treatiesFormal agreements between states
- summitsHighest elevations or conferences
- envoysOfficial diplomatic representatives
ambassadors · sanctions · foreign policy · diplomatic pressure · mediation · alliances · detente · accords · delegations · statecraft
- wartimerationing, war economy, war bonds, war effort, evacuations
- war economieswar profiteering, war economy, war bonds, war debt, military spending
- trade rightstariffs, quotas, trade agreements, trade deals, sanctions
- trade regulationstrade laws, trade restrictions, export controls, trade barriers, export restrictions
- global tradefree trade, export tax, exports, import tax, imports
- tradetrade balance, free trade, trade barriers, customs, trade deficit
embargoesfree trade
Unrestricted international exchange
open markets · open trade · trade agreements · trade deals · free trade zones
embargoespermission
Granted right to act
authorizations · approvals · licenses · permits · clearances
embargoespermission
Granted right to act
authorization · approval · permits · licenses · clearance
- trade embargoBan on commercial exchange
- arms embargoBan on military exports
- trade embargoesBans on commerce between nations
- oil embargoBan on petroleum exports
- economic embargoBan on commercial exchange
- weapons embargoBan on arms sales