Sentences with phrase «trade embargo against»

Thus questions of whether, for example, Barack Obama has the authority to end a decades - long trade embargo against Cuba do not have clear - cut answers.

Russia has in the past used its economic leverage to strive and influence decisions in Chisinau, Moldova's capital, and periodically places undeclared trade embargoes against Moldovan goods, in an effort to influence Moldova's political decisions and force it to toe Moscow's line.

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It has little foreign contact, which means both less leverage against it (has no foreign trade to lose if an embargo is placed) and less knowledge of its internal politics (what things are they interested in and which things they see as threatening).

And Cox was skeptical of the claim by Cuomo, a potential Democratic presidential contender, that he was just seeking to foster trade with Cuba after President Obama eased a long - standing embargo against the nation.

To prevent the still - enslaved from being inspired into rebellion and ultimately debilitating the West's deplorable trade, they decided to respond with a full (though unofficial) embargo against Haiti.