Sentences with phrase «trade sanctions against»

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.

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.

Iceland's commercial whaling policy is considered archaic and cruel by the rest of the world and we ask the U.S. to impose trade sanctions against it.»

In 1994 LaBudde and ESP spearheaded efforts to expose Asia's illegal black market trade in endangered species which resulted in the U.S. implementation of trade sanctions against Taiwan for illegal commerce in rhino horn and tiger bone, and passage of domestic legislation in China, South Korea and Hong Kong to ban the trade.

In 1988 and 2000, federal officials considered imposing trade sanctions against Japan because Japan violated international whaling rules.

The notion of turning coal into liquid fuels on a big scale has simmered for decades, but only the trade sanctions against apartheid in South Africa resulted in anyone reviving the Nazi - era technology — until now.

The bill's earlier version called for trade sanctions against governments that persecute religious groups.

Rightly or wrongly, many Chinese officials feel China has done its share and more in restricting trade with North Korea — only for Trump to push ahead with tough trade sanctions against China anyway.

Not exact matches

From his first meeting with Xi, Trump promised that if China would cooperate in tightening economic sanctions on North Korea, the US would refrain from taking a hard line against what it perceived to be China's unfair trade practices.

Stephen Innes, head of trading for Asia - Pacific at futures brokerage OANDA, said new sanctions against Tehran «could...

On Monday, barely a week after China voted in favor of tough new United Nations sanctions against North Korea, the Trump administration launched an investigation into whether China is pirating the intellectual property of American firms under Section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act.

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.

China, North Korea's biggest trading partner, has joined United Nations sanctions against the North that have cut trade between them by around 90 percent.

China has denied that its laws require technology transfers and has threatened to retaliate against any US tariffs with trade sanctions of its own, with potential targets such as US soybeans, aircraft, or heavy equipment.

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.

China has denied that its laws require technology transfers and has threatened to retaliate against any U.S. tariffs with trade sanctions of its own, with potential targets such as U.S. soybeans, aircraft or heavy equipment.

A number of business groups are also arguing against further sanctions, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, several tech groups and trade associations that represent retailers, agriculture, telecommunications, clothing and the auto parts industry.

The US and Brazil recently ended a long - standing trade dispute over cotton, avoiding Brazil's scheduled application of $ 830 million in WTO - approved sanctions against the US.

Then, China cut its dairy imports after stockpiling milk powder, and Russia imposed sanctions against the U.S. by halting trade.

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

China immediately recognized the result with the EU eventually following suit, although the United States only certified Kenyatta's victory one month after the actual election, backtracking on pre-election threats of trade sanctions due to concerns with the ICC charges against the president - elect.

Further adding to these policy changes are active steps taken by the administration to impose tariffs or sanctions against the US» trade partners for treatment deemed «unfair».

While U.N. sponsored sanctions against smaller countries like Burma or Iran had only a limited impact in Canada, the Russia - focused restrictions on trade and investment have already affected a surprisingly large portion of the Canadian economy.

«Self - sanctioning is something that a number of Canadian and other western companies have done,» says Lou Naumovski, director general of the Kinross Moscow office and chairman of the board of directors of the Canada Eurasia Russia Business Association, a trade organization that has spoken out frequently against the economic sanctions.

But for a smaller trade partner with no obvious ties to the Kremlin or the military, it may be enough to check names against sanctions lists and ask for some sort of assurance that proscribed partners are not involved.

The measures will strengthen the existing sanctions already in place against Iran and make even legitimate trade with Iran more difficult.

Greta Lichtenbaum, a partner at O'Melveny & Myers whose practice includes international trade and regulatory compliance, answered questions about the impact on multinational companies of the Trump administration's renewed sanctions against Iran.

In the civil courts currently instructed by the Equality and Human Rights Commission in a claim of race discrimination against the Open University regarding its policy of excluding Cuban students (since revoked) pursuant to US trade sanctions.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions based on U.S. foreign policy and national security goals against targeted foreign countries and individuals.