trade embargo
Ban on exports
A trade embargo is a government-imposed prohibition on commerce with a particular country or on specific goods.
Embargoes are typically political or economic sanctions: The trade embargo against Cuba has lasted over sixty years.
They may target entire economies or specific sectors like arms or oil.
Unlike tariffs, which tax trade, embargoes ban it outright.
- export controlsRestrictions on foreign sales
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
- economic warfareHostile financial statecraft
- arms dealNegotiated weapons sale
- IranIslamic republic in Asia
Cuba · asset freeze · naval blockade · no-fly zone · import restrictions · protectionism · geopolitical strategy · foreign policy · diplomacy · customs regulations · quotas · smuggling ring · supply chain · most favored nation · international treaties · enforcement agencies · executive order · retaliation
- embargoesexport ban, import ban
- tradecustoms, commerce, export, exports, quotas
- prohibitionsban, forbid, prohibition, forbidden, prohibit
- economic policymonetary policy, tax policy, fiscal discipline, fiscal stimulus, fiscal restraint
- blockadesnaval blockade, blockade running, shipping ban, cordon, encirclement
- boycottsboycott, consumer boycott, brand boycott, bus boycott, sports boycott
trade embargofree trade
Unrestricted international exchange
open trade · free trade agreement · open markets · trade deal · free trade zone
trade embargoeconomic integration
Merging separate national markets
globalization · economic cooperation · trade partnership · laissez-faire · diplomatic engagement
trade embargotrade agreement
Pact governing international commerce
free trade agreement · customs union · common market · economic integration · economic union
trade, trader, trading, traded, embargo, traders, trade-off, fair trade, tradable