Sentence examples for secondary sanctions from inspiring English sources

The real value in U.S. sanctions is when they're secondary sanctions".

Mr Bush is being urged to apply secondary sanctions to non-American companies that invest in Iranian energy.

America could impose secondary sanctions against the smugglers, but this would put it in perennial conflict with many countries, confounding other foreign-policy initiatives.

The next year Congress passed the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act (ILSA), allowing secondary sanctions on foreign companies that invested heavily in Iran's and Libya's energy.

Another recommendation by the committee, which was led by Bangladesh's ambassador, Anwarul Karim Chowdhury, is for the Council to consider secondary sanctions on countries that violate direct sanctions, something it has not done to date.

"Better to keep US sanctions in place, strengthen them, enforce secondary sanctions on other nations, and pursue the hard-trodden path of diplomacy once more, difficult as it may be".

It has also alienated America's trade partners suffering the secondary effects of sanctions through the Helms-Burton amendment, which targets companies from third-countries that trade with Cuba.All that explains why engaging with Cuba is very hard for the United States.

Zarif countered with a tweet quoting the official announcement: "'US will cease the application of ALL nuclear-related secondary economic and financial sanctions.' Is this gradual?" Will the two Presidents succeed in sorting through those differences — and avoiding slippage — over the next three months?

Iran/5+1 Statement: 'US will cease the application of ALL nuclear-related secondary economic and financial sanctions.' Is this gradual?

Whether this is because the government fails to buy medical supplies through the United Nations, as Washington contends, or because of the sanctions themselves, seemed secondary.

Vernacular secondary schools would not be sanctioned; only national secondary schools would be funded.