embargos
Official commerce restrictions
Embargos is the plural of embargo, an official ban on trade or other activity with a particular country or entity: The embargos against Cuba have lasted decades.
Governments impose embargos as economic or political pressure.
The word also applies to restrictions on releasing information: news embargos.
Also spelled embargoes.
Official restriction on something
- restrictionLimit on action
- moratoriumTemporary prohibition or delay
- interdictionAuthoritative prohibition or blockade
- injunctionCourt-ordered behavioral requirement
proscription · veto · forbiddance · limitation · constraint · exclusion · suppression · clampdown
Sealing off a place
- tariffsTaxes on imports
- penaltiesPunishments for infractions
- nonproliferationRestricting weapons dissemination
- unilateralAffecting one side only
multilateral · lifting · enforcement · violation · evasion · circumvention · waiver
Organized economic protest
- divestmentDisposal of assets
- activismDirect effort for reform
- solidarityUnity among allies
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
grassroots · movement · resistance · noncompliance · picketing
Discussion seeking mutual accord
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- allianceFormal union of parties
- geopoliticsGeography's role in statecraft
statecraft · ambassador · envoy · détente · rapprochement · accord · mediation · pact
Armed struggle between groups
- hostilitiesActive armed fighting
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- aggressionHostile or attacking behavior
escalation · tension · retaliation · insurgency · offensive · armistice · ceasefire · occupation
ban
Official restriction on something
- restrictionLimit on action
- moratoriumTemporary prohibition or delay
- interdictionAuthoritative prohibition or blockade
injunction · proscription · veto · forbiddance · limitation · constraint · exclusion · suppression · clampdown · halt
blockade
Sealing off a place
- tariffsTaxes on imports
- penaltiesPunishments for infractions
- nonproliferationRestricting weapons dissemination
unilateral · multilateral · lifting · enforcement · violation · evasion · circumvention · waiver
boycott
Organized economic protest
- divestmentDisposal of assets
- activismDirect effort for reform
- solidarityUnity among allies
campaign · grassroots · movement · resistance · noncompliance · picketing
negotiation
Discussion seeking mutual accord
geopolitics · statecraft · ambassador · envoy · détente · rapprochement · accord · mediation · pact · protocol
war
Armed struggle between groups
- hostilitiesActive armed fighting
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- invasionForcible entry into territory
aggression · escalation · tension · retaliation · insurgency · offensive · armistice · ceasefire · occupation · resistance
- comercio internacional
- resistanceresistance, defiance, resistance fighters, civil resistance, resist
- global businessmultinational corporations, multinationals, multinational, foreign markets, international trade
embargosfree trade
Unrestricted international exchange
permissions · trade agreements · open trade · open markets · authorizations
embargosreleases
Lets go or publishes
publications · disclosures · distributions · disseminations · clearances
- 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