People in the US could be prevented from buying goods from a country that the US government has placed sanctions on.
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A sanction usually refers to a type of punishment for disobeying a law or rule. A mild sanction could be considered being grounded if you do not arrive home by curfew.
There are a tremendous number of ways in which one country can express discontent with another, ranging in severity all the way from the release of a subtle, negative remark, up to outright warfare. Economic sanctions fall somewhere near the relative middle of this spectrum. Depending on the nature of the economic sanction (complete cessation of trade, restriction of trade to only aid items, blockades), the target can be surgically chosen. A classic example would, for instance, involve Western sanctions against Iran/Persia. Iran is rich in oil, but the rest of their economy is not as effective. Employing an economic sanction that eliminates outgoing oil sales completely would have very serious and destructive effects on their overall economy, and from there, their political infrastructure (note: I choose Iran for no other reason and it allows me an easy example, in that their trade spectrum is very narrow). Hopefully more humanitarian and less destructive than military action, economic sanctions are a political tool of mid-range potency.
Fiat -noun 1.an authoritative decree, sanction, or order: a royal fiat. 2.a formula containing the word fiat, by which a person in authority gives sanction. 3.an arbitrary decree or pronouncement, esp. by a person or group of persons having absolute authority to enforce it: The king ruled by fiat.
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The United Nations imposed sanctions on the country to pressure them to comply with international laws.
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end all trade with Britain
Iraq could not import any goods from other countries.
Iraq could not import any goods from other countries.
Boycott - A country refuses to send its athletes to an Olympic Games hosted by another country.Embargo - The European Union forbids European citizens from doing business with a tyrannical government.Trade sanction - India imposes a 100% tariff on cars coming from Japan and the United States.
The government decided to impose economic sanctions on the country for violating international agreements.
The ISBN of The Eiger Sanction is 0517500345.
Satanic Sanction was created in 1988.
The ISBN of The Bourne Sanction is 0446539864.