Beijing blacklisted many companies, forcing them to close or cease exporting goods.
"The decision to cease exports will enable us to continue to meet our contractual obligations to supply gas to the region".
During the hot summer of 2008, fires in fields led major food suppliers to cease exports altogether, and food riots broke out in Bolivia, Cameroon, Egypt, Haiti, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Mozambique, Senegal, Uzbekistan and Yemen.
Last week Australia's strong currency struck a heavy blow to the nation's manufacturing industry after BlueScope Steel, its largest steelmaker, unveiled plans to shut half of its steel-making capacity, cease exports and slash 1,000 jobs.
The Air Force is already planning a slowdown in launches due to budget constraints and the longevity of satellites currently in orbit, so even if Moscow were to cease exporting its engines, that would not create an immediate crisis for the space program.
While its use in Western Europe, the United States, and Canada has virtually ceased, export to the developing world is aggressively marketed and steadily increasing (Allen and Kazan-Allen 2008).
He also warned the West that the catastrophe of Syria is a sign that it must cease "the export of revolutions, these so-called democratic ones".
First, the United States and other countries must cease arms exports to Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
"Their alleged terror attacks projected incompetence more than fear, their announced nuclear progress is likely exaggerated, and their threat to pre-emptively cease oil exports to Europe turned out to be another bluff".
"Argentina made the decision to cease meat exports until the sanitary situation is resolved," the Argentine Agriculture Department said in a statement that predicted a resolution of the problem in a week.
In August 1940 Germany "required" Ireland to cease food exports to Britain.
