Sentences with phrase «sanctions against another country»

If Republicans are able to get a veto - proof majority to back some kind of bill limiting Trump's authority to issue tariffs, it would echo the time when Republicans forced Trump to impose sanctions on Russia last August and locked old sanctions against the country into law instead of leaving them as executive orders that Trump could unilaterally rescind.

However, Canadian Tire will not receive products from locations where Canada has an Economic Sanction against that country.

Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's de facto leader and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, has a change of heart regarding US sanctions against her country.

David Cameron decided to visit Burma after her success to encourage the political reforms and has championed the loosening of sanctions against the country's government.

In terms of sanctions, the agreement does not permit any countries to enact sanctions against another country for withdrawing / failing to abide by the agreement.

In January 2009 Lloyds was fined $ 350 million by the American authorities for disguising the origins of wire transfers from Sudan as well as Iran and Libya in order to avoid US sanctions against those countries.

The Pelly Amendment to the Fishermen's Protective Act provides the United States government with a legal mechanism to apply economic sanctions against countries like Japan that are undermining international fisheries and environmental treaties.

The Pelly Amendment authorizes the president to impose trade sanctions against another country for «diminishing the effectiveness» of conservation agreements: In Iceland's case, the International Whaling Commission, which bans commercial whaling, and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, which prohibits international commercial trade in whale products.

CMS Cameron McKenna is the first law firm off the blocks to set up a dedicated office in Iran, following the relaxing of EU and UN sanctions against the country last month.

The UDI led to sanctions against the country by Great Britain, supported by the United Nations.

Apple over the past few weeks has removed a number of popular Iranian apps from various international iOS App Stores, saying the move is in line with U.S. sanctions against the country.

OFAC is the US Treasury Department, which is responsible for economic and trade sanctions against countries and individuals accused by the US authorities of involvement in terrorism, drug trafficking, human rights violations, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, transnational organized crime and other unlawful activities.

Not exact matches

Iran, a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, re-emerged as a major oil exporter in January 2016 when international sanctions against...

Iran, a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, re-emerged as a major oil exporter in January 2016 when some international sanctions against Tehran were lifted in return for curbs on Iran's nuclear program.

Iran, a member of the rganization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, re-emerged as a major oil exporter in January 2016 when international sanctions against Tehran...

The oil price has risen by 15 percent in the last four weeks thanks to expectations that the United States will re-impose sanctions against Iran, a major oil producer and member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

Evraz's importance to the Western Canadian economy illustrates how tricky it will be for Ottawa and other western governments to escalate economic sanctions against Russia in response to that country's annexation of Crimea and its role in the Ukraine crisis.

The sanctions are the latest against third - country companies and individuals in an effort to exert greater economic pressure on Kim Jong Un's regime, which has conducted regular missile and nuclear tests in defiance of United Nations resolutions and has developed weapons that may be capable of hitting the continental U.S.

However, when Bitcoin suddenly shot up on Thursday, the online chatter was mostly about the White House's military threats against Russia in Syria, its sanctions on Russia and its tariffs on China, with people speculating that Russians and Chinese might be buying into Bitcoin to quietly get their money out of those countries.

The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions against 13 Chinese and North Korean organizations Washington accused of helping evade nuclear restrictions against Pyongyang and supporting the country through trade of commodities like coal.

U.N. diplomats say the two countries have started discussions on a possible U.N. sanctions resolution in response to the nuclear test earlier this month, but Beijing has not said directly whether it will support tougher steps against North Korea.

Iran, a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), re-emerged as a major oil exporter in January, 2016 when international sanctions against Tehran were lifted in return for curbs on Iran's nuclear programme.

Imposing tough sanctions would fulfill the president's promises but could tip off trade wars around the world as other countries seek to retaliate against the United States.

«I want to tell all those who have fueled the arms race over the last 15 years, sought to win unilateral advantages over Russia, introduced unlawful sanctions aimed to contain our country's development... you have failed to contain Russia,» Putin said, later adding that «any use of nuclear weapons against Russia or its allies... any kind of attack... will be regarded as a nuclear attack against Russia and in response we will take action instantaneously no matter what the consequences are.

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.

The former State Department diplomat who oversaw U.S. government sanctions policy said he was «extremely» frustrated when the Obama administration issued «weak» and «frankly inadequate» sanctions against Russia in December 2016 in response to that country's campaign to disrupt the U.S. presidential election.

The U.S. just levied fresh sanctions against the Eastern European country for its alleged meddling in the 2016 presidential election, and early last week President Donald Trump warned Russia that the U.S. military could soon strike its ally Syria in response to its use of chemical weapons — a promise he kept Friday evening.

News out of Washington D.C. could be the main driver of sentiment in the oil market this week, as speculation swirls that the United States will renew sanctions against Iran, a major Middle East oil producer and member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

Late last year, it was reported that the Iranian government was interested in utilizing Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as a way of bypassing economic sanctions levied against the country.

And with international sanctions against Iran about to be lifted — in exchange for an agreement to halt its nuclear program — the country has promised to increase its own production from 3.3 million barrels a day to as many as 4 million barrels a day by the end of 2016.

The United States imposed major new sanctions against Russia on Friday, striking at senior Russian officials and some of the country's biggest companies in one of Washington's most aggressive moves to punish Moscow for its alleged meddling in the 2016 U.S. election and other «malign activity».

Russian bond yields and the cost of insuring the country against default rose on Wednesday, as investors fretted over intensifying sanctions, the prospect of a recession and falling oil prices.

President Trump's personal lawyer and a former business associate met privately in New York City last month with a member of the Ukrainian parliament to discuss a peace plan for that country that could give Russia long - term control over territory it seized in 2014 and lead to the lifting of sanctions against Moscow.

Putin's actions, in open breach of international law and UN treaties, led to a protracted conflict in Ukraine, the imposition of western sanctions against Russia, and Russia's expulsion from the G8 group of countries.

They know about the anti-Jewish polemics of certain church fathers; about the forced baptisms, especially of children; about the church council decree that sanctioned the removal of such children from their parents; about a papal edict encouraging raids on Jewish synagogues by the faithful; about the expulsion of all Jews from a country like Spain; about Luther's hate language directed against Jews when they did not convert according to his timetable; about the prohibition against Jews living in Calvin's Geneva; and about all the cruelties Christians have felt justified in perpetrating against the people they called «Christ - killers.»

According to Senate staffers working for the Senate bill, Nickles believed that the Wolf - Specter bill's provisions for automatic sanctions against the worst persecuting countries would lead to fruitless confrontations, negative fallout on indigenous Christians and missionaries, and an America isolated from its allies.

Seven years after vowing to punish countries that restrict religious freedom, the U.S. government announced sanctions against the tiny African nation of Eritrea.

The re-written FFP rules say that if a club fails to meet FFP regulations and then offer to do a deal with Uefa then any directly affected party (which I guess means any other club in the same league that might qualify for Europe, or any club in any other country that is playing in Europe) can appeal against the attempt by the club come to an arrangement with Uefa to mitigate their sanction in a plea bargain.

Of course other countries can inflict sanctions or resolutions against a country that has broken international law.

«We don't know what we'll find but if Russia or any other foreign country is meddling in our elections, we would have to take very severe sanctions against them,» Schumer said.

The European Union will make a decision on whether to renew its sanctions against Burma on April 23rd, after the generals who have ruled the country since 1962 began shifting to democracy.

Next assume that US want to use dollar for imposing sanctions against other countries, say Cuba, Russia, N, Korea,....

AFRC intends to demonstrate against the NCA's sanctions imposed on some 131 radio stations across the country, however, the law enforcement agency failed to give the green light, citing insufficient personnel to man the proposed route.

Now that sanctions against Iran have been lifted, the country has significant opportunities to boost its investment levels.

Except against countries from which we import oil or certain rare earths we can impose trade sanctions with impunity at the national scale.

Mr Cameron is calling on all sanctions against the southeast Asian country - with the exception of the arms embargo - to be suspended immediately.

Otumfuo says elections in the country have over the years been characterized by chaos because police, who are mandated to maintain peace and order failed to apply sanctions against perpetrators of such violation.

If the US imposes new sanctions against Iran, it will affect European companies, something I can't see that European countries can accept.

The British government, like other western states, will be looking closely at opportunities for investment in Burma after the EU reassesses its sanctions regime against the country on April 23rd.

The United Nations Security Council can enact sanctions against individual countries.