Sentences with phrase «impose economic sanctions»

Bank Mellat v HM Treasury [2013] UKSC 38 and 39 Public law, national security: powers under the Counter Terrorism Act 2008 to impose economic sanctions on an Iranian Bank.

Just watch out, conservatives, if states rights include California, Illinois, New York — these places that, where people voted in a progressive fashion — watch out if all those places start to address climate change and then impose economic sanctions, either overtly or by default, on places that have not embraced the work that needs to be done.

In theory they could authorize a full military intervention by member states, or send their own troops for a peacekeeping mission, or impose economic sanctions.

But, how large will be the impact of an economic sanction on a nation if the economic sanction is imposed by China and India as they are the 2nd and 5th largest economies of the planet with combined GDP of 13.46 trillion dollars (72 % of U.S.A's GDP) which shows that US is not the only nation with the economic might to impose economic sanctions on nations.

Gradually, during the 1990s, the Security Council began to use Chapter VII much more to impose economic sanctions, arms embargoes, and to deploy large peacekeeping forces and even military attacks in many civil wars.

America was indifferent, and the best the League could do was to impose some economic sanctions.

The United States ought to impose economic sanctions on Turkey if a detained American pastor is not released, two senators have claimed.

The United States ought to impose economic sanctions on Turkey if a detained American pastor is not released,... More

The West has long ostracized Lukashenko, who has described himself as the «last dictator in Europe», over his human rights record and his clampdown on political dissent, and has imposed economic sanctions on some Belarussian officials and companies.

The U.S. and other countries imposed economic sanctions after Russia annexed Crimea, but it was falling oil prices that really hurt the country.

The United States imposes economic sanctions against Cuba effectively prohibiting most transactions with Cuba.

However, US - imposed economic sanctions have done little to prevent Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's shameless cryptocurrency cash grab from succeeding.

Apparently, Petro cryptocurrency is highly supported by the oil - rich South American country's oil reserves, but many view the project as little more than a way of escaping US - imposed economic sanctions.

Not exact matches

South Korea also declared it was imposing a new round of economic sanctions on North Korea, whose sole major ally is China.

Last Thursday, moreover, both The Washington Post and The New York Times reported that Flynn had spoken with Russia's ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak, about the US economic sanctions on Russia before Trump was sworn in — including at least one call on the day President Barack Obama imposed new penalties on Russia for its election - related meddling.

And to think they would fall behind the United States and impose sanctions that would put at risk their own economic growth — I don't think that's probable at all.»

Trump has been a vocal critic of the Iran nuclear deal and imposing new sanctions would put economic pressure on Iranian leadership, but analysts say it could also send the wrong message to the country's people who are in the midst of challenging their rulers in the most significant uprising Iran has seen since 2009.

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on NBC»S «Meet the Press» that the US would keep imposing heavy economic sanctions on North Korea ahead of the summit.

Trump, he noted, would improve US relations with Russia and lift economic sanctions imposed by Washington on Russia.

To do that, Kim needs relief from economic sanctions that were imposed by the United Nations to compel North Korea to stop pursuing a nuclear program, those sanctions have started to bite.

Just as Western countries impose sanctions on rogue states like North Korea, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley has announced her intention to make ordinary British Columbians feel economic pain, so they turn against their leader.

But Russia's economy has suffered more recently, following declining oil prices and economic sanctions imposed by the U.S. and eurozone.

As you can tell from the far right column above, the main reason that OPEC's January output fell by 8,100 barrels per day from revised December figures was the decrease of 47,300 barrels per day in output from Venezuela, which is suffering from the effects of economic sanctions imposed by the US.

Stone highlighted the planned construction, beginning in 2018, of the Iranian Light Source Facility (ILSF), which would be the country's first synchrotron and its «biggest basic science project ever,» as «a testament to the country's determination to do science in spite of turmoil, political interference, and the viselike grip of economic sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies to block Iran's suspected effort to develop nuclear weapons.

Russian luxury consumers travel much less these days, which is not surprising given that the rouble has lost 30 percent of its value against the euro in the past three years, hammered by low oil prices and bruising economic sanctions imposed over Russia's involvement in Ukraine and annexation of Crimea.

In June 2001, Haw began his protest against economic sanctions imposed on Iraq in and, together with his ever - expanding demonstration, camped out opposite the Palace of Westminster for the better part of five years.

Their refusal to erect gates, raise umbrellas or run a fence in Golden Gate Park this summer imposes an unjust economic sanction on the fog - shrouded construction site.

Running the length of the central spine of Tate Britain is a near - perfect, life - sized replica of the one - man camp that peace campaigner Brian Haw occupied on Parliament Square between June 2001, when he first began his protest against the economic sanctions imposed on Iraq, and the night in May 2006 when the police removed almost the entirety of Haw's belongings.

The Natural Resources Defense Council criticized the decision to stop short of imposing targeted economic sanctions.

This amendment demands that economic sanctions be imposed against any foreign country that conducts fishing operations in such a manner as to «diminish the effectiveness» of the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW).

Recent case highlights include acting for the CMA in its defence of the paroxtine «pay for delay» decision in the Competition Appeal Tribunal; acting for Gazprom in one of the world's largest commercial arbitrations relating to transit of gas through Ukraine (where the sums in dispute exceed USD 80 billion); and acting for Bahrain in an inter-state WTO dispute concerning economic sanctions imposed on Qatar.

Economic sanctions and anti-money laundering remain top U.S. regulatory priorities, with federal and state agencies imposing over $ 2.5 billion in penalties in 2017.

President Nicolas Maduro also considers Petro as a way to bypass economic sanctions imposed by the U.S.

Last, the study notes the need to prevent the illicit use of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to get around economic sanctions imposed by the United States or other nations.

The controversial cryptocurrency was widely seen as a means to evade economic sanctions imposed by the U.S..

The country's regulatory stance on cryptocurrencies, however, is noteworthy because the government, under the restrictive regime of Nicolás Maduro, is seeking to skirt economic sanctions imposed on Venezuela by announcing its own oil - backed «petro» cryptocurrency.