Editing Economic sanctions (section)

===United States sanctions===
{{Main|United States sanctions}}

====US Embargo Act of 1807====
{{Main|Embargo Act of 1807}}
The United States [[Embargo of 1807]] involved a series of laws passed by the [[United States Congress|US Congress]] (1806–1808) during the second term of President [[Thomas Jefferson]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=2986 | title = The Embargo of 1807 | author = University of Houston | publisher = digitalhistory.uh.edu | year = 2013 | author-link = University of Houston }}</ref> [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Britain]] and [[First French Empire|France]] were engaged in the [[War of the Fourth Coalition]]; the US wanted to remain [[Neutral country|neutral]] and to trade with both sides, but both countries objected to American trade with the other.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www2.gcc.edu/dept/econ/ASSC/Papers2005/Embargo1807_Snyder.pdf | title= The Embargo of 1807 |location=Pennsylvania | publisher= [[Grove City College]] | author1= Aaron Snyder | author2= Jeffrey Herbener | website= gcc.edu | date= December 15, 2004 | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130517115213/http://www2.gcc.edu/dept/econ/ASSC/Papers2005/Embargo1807_Snyder.pdf | archive-date= 2013-05-17 }}</ref> American policy aimed to use the new laws to avoid war and to force both France and Britain to respect American rights.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/embargo-1807 | title = Embargo of 1807 | publisher = monticello.org | date = April 8, 2013}}</ref> The embargo failed to achieve its aims, and Jefferson repealed the legislation in March 1809.

====US embargo of Cuba====
{{Main|United States embargo against Cuba}}
The United States embargo against Cuba began on March 14, 1958, during the overthrow of dictator [[Fulgencio Batista]] by [[Fidel Castro]] during the [[Cuban Revolution]]. At first, the embargo applied only to arms sales; however, it later expanded to include other imports, eventually extending to almost all trade on February 7, 1962.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/proclamations/03447.html | title = Proclamation 3447 – Embargo on all trade with Cuba | author = National Archives and Records Administration | date = 15 August 2016 | publisher = archives.gov | author-link = National Archives and Records Administration }}</ref> Referred to by Cuba as ''"el bloqueo"'' (the blockade),<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/cuba-trade-embargo-turns-50-still-no-rum-or-cigars-though-some-freedom-in-travel/2012/02/07/gIQAKaYfwQ_blog.html | title = Cuba trade embargo turns 50: Still no rum or cigars, though some freedom in travel | author = Elizabeth Flock | newspaper = washingtonpost.com | date = February 7, 2012}}</ref> the US embargo on Cuba remains {{as of|2022|lc=on}} one of the longest-standing embargoes in modern history.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15634914 | title = Officially Sanctioned: A Guide to the U.S. Blacklist | author = Eric Weiner | publisher = npr.org | date = October 15, 2007}}</ref> Few of the United States' allies embraced the embargo, and many have argued it has been ineffective in changing Cuban government behavior.<ref>{{cite magazine | url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2013/01/16/its-time-for-the-u-s-to-end-its-senseless-embargo-of-cuba/ | title = It's Time For The U.S. To End Its Senseless Embargo Of Cuba | author1= Daniel Hanson | author2= Dayne Batten | author3= Harrison Ealey | magazine = forbes.com | date = January 16, 2013}}</ref> While taking some steps to allow limited economic exchanges with Cuba, American President [[Barack Obama]] nevertheless reaffirmed the policy in 2011, stating that without the granting of improved human rights and freedoms by Cuba's current government, the embargo remains "in the national interest of the United States".<ref>{{cite magazine | url = http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2011/09/obama-quietly-renews-us-embargo-cuba/42430/ | title = Obama Quietly Renews U.S. Embargo on Cuba | author = Uri Friedman | magazine = [[The Atlantic]] | date = September 13, 2011 | access-date = August 23, 2017 | archive-date = November 13, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131113220230/http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2011/09/obama-quietly-renews-us-embargo-cuba/42430/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==== Other countries ====
{{Main|United States sanctions against Iran|Humanitarian impacts of U.S. sanctions against Iran}}