Sentence examples for imposed against foreign from inspiring English sources

"It is not that Cannes is the enemy of Hollywood or the M.P.A.A.," said Mr. Frodon, referring to the Motion Picture Association of America, the lobbying group formed by the major studios that has long sought to strike down the tariffs and quotas that France has imposed against foreign producers.

That means that in 38 instances when the U.S. imposed sanctions against foreign companies for violating U.S. trade laws, the WTO ordered reversal of those rulings.

The Communist Party government still subsidizes key industries, lavishes credit on state-owned companies and imposes barriers against foreign competitors.

But steelworkers haven't forgiven him for rolling back tariffs on foreign steel, and there are at least three manufacturing companies that tried and failed to get the Bush administration to impose penalties against foreign competitors after the United States International Trade Commission ruled against the foreign firms.

Between January and June of 2010, as lawmakers debated imposing sanctions against foreign banks that did business with Iran, two firms representing Exxon Mobil filed paperwork disclosing lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill.

The sanctions were imposed against five Chinese firms: the Taian Foreign Trade General Corporation, the Zibo Chemical Equipment Plant, the Liyang Yunlong Chemical Equipment Group Company of China, the China Precision Machinery Import/Export Corporation and one of the largest companies in the Chinese military complex, the China North Industries Corporation, better known as Norinco.

What people don't understand is that the U.S. imposes sanctions which identify targets (such as Iran); however, the prohibitions are actually imposed against U.S. persons engaging in transactions with Iran or foreign parties.

However, no sanctions were imposed against Rosneft itself.

But for years no sanction was imposed against the company.

Under section 3 5)(A)  of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4602 5)(A)), it is the policy of the United States to oppose restrictive trade practices or boycotts fostered or imposed by foreign countries against other countries friendly to the United States or against any other United States person.

The conditions imposed on foreign governments by the I.M.F.