Sentence examples for enacted sanctions from inspiring English sources

The arrangement would probably have been illegal: by assisting in any way with a memoir, I might have run afoul of the U.S. Treasury Department, which had enacted sanctions against Guzmán and his organization under the so-called Kingpin Act.

For example, a Republican Congress would probably not have enacted sanctions against Russia over Trump's objections had the House and Senate intelligence probes not created political pressure for action.

Just a few weeks after it angrily condemned India and Pakistan for conducting nuclear tests in May, Congress enacted sanctions but exempted food exports, removing the biggest sting the penalties could inflict.

This month Congress enacted sanctions that would bar all imports from Myanmar, freeze the government's assets in the United States, widen a ban on visas for its leaders and effectively deny aid from donors like the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

Trump's doomsday warning comes after the United Nations Security Council enacted sanctions on Pyongyang, North Korea's capitol, due to its nuclear and ballistic missile tests.

"The agreement is essentially going to be about waiving and then rolling back and then ultimately repealing congressionally enacted sanctions," he said.

President Obama enacted sanction relief both through executive order and congressional statute (see also a discussion of this here).

If European foreign policy is simply about enacting sanctions, then you hardly need the EEAS.

Congress, reflecting the influence of activists, is more likely to enact sanctions laws that denounce this and penalise that, so restricting the president's autonomy in foreign policy.

He was the hand holding the prod that pushed Europe toward enacting sanctions on Iranian oil scheduled to take effect July 1.

"We hope Iran takes note of that clear message". The resolution will be referred to the U.N. Security Council, which has the authority to enact sanctions against the country.