Sentence examples for sanctions measures from inspiring English sources

And such sanctions measures targeting non-U.S.

Last year also saw increased activity involving state-level sanctions measures.

In addition, the European Union also views any sanctions measures in the context of the bloc's wider economic interests, as detailed in the text box below.

Primarily in response to North Korea's ballistic missile testing and nuclear proliferation activities, a number of new North Korean sanctions measures were imposed in 2017.

We hope to use the threat of sanctions as a tool to generate Armenian responsiveness so that we will not be forced to impose sanctions measures.

At the same time, we will continue our aggressive enforcement of the sanctions measures that will remain in place throughout this six-month period".

He has been a lead sponsor of every major sanctions measure against the Burmese government over the last 20 years and has worked quietly and tirelessly with several administrations to try to bring democracy to the country.

It would be much more difficult to turn an actual sanctions measure back on if it had been explicitly dropped, particularly since that would require buy-in from America's allies.

Lawmakers in the Netherlands and other countries have backed his ideas, as have the parliamentary assembly of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe and most party groupings in the European Parliament; it will vote on a Magnitsky sanctions measure in October.

Because the sanctions measure also declares support for "the export of United States energy resources in order to create American jobs," alarm bells have sounded in Europe that the bill is targeting Nord Stream simply so that U.S. industry can prosper.

But doing so likely creates a serious hurdle for the bill in the Senate, where lawmakers have not examined the House's North Korea sanctions bill and will probably want to consider a bipartisan sanctions measure of their own, unveiled by Sens. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md). and Patrick J. Toomey (R-Pa). this week.