embargoing
Imposing trade restrictions
Embargoing is the present participle of embargo—imposing an official ban on trade or other commerce with a particular country, or more broadly, prohibiting something from being released or distributed.
The government is embargoing all weapons shipments to the region.
News organizations sometimes speak of embargoing a story until a specified release time.
Official restriction on something
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- interdictAuthoritative prohibition order
- restrictionLimit on action
- moratoriumTemporary prohibition or delay
forbid · veto · outlaw · suppress · halt · disallowance · bar · exclude
Taxes on imports
- quotaFixed assigned amount
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- dutiesRequired tasks or charges
- restrictionsLimitations on action
regulation · compliance · enforcement · penalties · commerce · commodities · goods · shipping
Punitive international restrictions
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- geopoliticsGeography's role in statecraft
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
deterrence · retaliation · protectionism · treaty · ultimatum · nonproliferation · isolationism · negotiation
Encirclement forcing surrender
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- isolationComplete separation from others
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- cordonEncircling line restricting access
containment · obstruction · barricade · encirclement · interdiction · lockdown · curtailment · impede
ban
Official restriction on something
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- interdictAuthoritative prohibition order
- restrictionLimit on action
moratorium · forbid · veto · outlaw · suppress · halt · disallowance · bar · exclude · prevent
tariffs
Taxes on imports
- quotaFixed assigned amount
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- dutiesRequired tasks or charges
restrictions · regulation · compliance · enforcement · penalties · commerce · commodities · goods · shipping · contraband
sanctions
Punitive international restrictions
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- geopoliticsGeography's role in statecraft
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
coercion · deterrence · retaliation · protectionism · treaty · ultimatum · nonproliferation · isolationism · negotiation · summit
siege
Encirclement forcing surrender
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- isolationComplete separation from others
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
cordon · containment · obstruction · barricade · encirclement · interdiction · lockdown · curtailment · impede
embargoingliberalizing
Making less restrictive
deregulating · allowing · permitting · authorizing · trading
embargoingreleasing
Allowing to escape
unblocking · permitting · providing · supplying · distributing