Sentence examples for robust sanctions from inspiring English sources

If not, the United States and the Europeans must push robust sanctions in the Security Council.

A key roadblock to robust sanctions is China, which has deep economic and energy ties to Iran.

This is about ensuring there are robust sanctions for deliberate or reckless actions, or failures to act, should never be tolerated in any healthcare system", he added.

"Now is the time," it continued, "for the most robust sanctions in history, and more pressure on the regime than ever before".

The Obama administration is obviously worried that more robust sanctions could shut down the export of oil and spook the markets.

As the United States implements robust sanctions against Iran around the globe, we must also take action within our own borders.

The U.S. is therefore unlikely to secure more robust U.N. sanctions when it makes its case to the Security Council.

Diplomats in all the Baltic states argue that only robust economic sanctions, combined with strong signals about the West's military commitment to the Baltic states, will deter Russians from further expansionism.

The National Basketball Association on Tuesday imposed a lifetime ban on Donald Sterling, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, delivering an unexpectedly robust set of sanctions for racist comments that may also compel the real estate billionaire to sell his team.

Meanwhile, in Washington, there appears to be robust support for sanctions on Russian officials, banks and businesses, as the Washington Post reports: "The time to act is now," House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-Calif). said in a statement shortly after Secretary of State John F. Kerry announced plans for the aid package in Kiev.

Prime minister David Cameron defended the sanctions as "robust".