Editing Economic sanctions (section)

===By targeted country===
List of sanctioned countries (the below is not an exhaustive list):<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sanctio.com/en | title=Sanctions risk by countries }}</ref>
*[[Sanctions against Afghanistan|Afghanistan sanctions]] by the US<ref>{{cite news |date=2021-08-17 |title=Biden administration freezes billions of dollars in Afghan reserves, depriving Taliban of cash |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=http://washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/08/17/treasury-taliban-money-afghanistan/}}</ref>
*China by the EU and the US. Sanctions made on [[arms embargo]], enacted in response to the [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989]]<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1961947,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213160426/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1961947,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 13, 2010 | title =Should Europe Lift Its Arms Embargo on China? | author =Leo Cendrowicz | magazine =[[Time (magazine)|Time]] | date =February 10, 2010}}</ref> 
**[[European Union arms embargo on the People's Republic of China]]
** [[Executive Order 13936|Hong Kong]], enacted in response to the [[National Security Law of the People's Republic of China|National Security Law]]
*[[United States embargo against Cuba|Cuban embargoes by the US]]. It covers arms, consumer goods and financial assets, enacted in 1958<ref>{{Cite web |title=United States embargo against Cuba - History |url=https://worldbulletin.dunyabulteni.net/history/united-states-embargo-against-cuba-history-h184385.html |access-date=2022-06-16 |website= |language=}}</ref>
*EU, US, Australia, Canada and Norway by Russia since August 2014 on beef, pork, fruit and vegetable produce, poultry, fish, cheese, milk and dairy items.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.dw.de/russia-announces-full-embargo-on-most-food-from-us-eu/a-17838717 | work=Deutsche Welle | title=Russia announces 'full embargo' on most food from US, EU | date=7 August 2014}}</ref> On August 13, 2015, the embargo was expanded to include [[Albania]], [[Montenegro]], [[Iceland]], and [[Liechtenstein]]<ref name="Russian embargo expansion">{{cite news|title=Russia expands food imports embargo to non-EU states|url=http://english.irib.ir/news/world/europe/item/214154-russia-expands-food-imports-embargo-to-non-eu-states|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228155419/http://english.irib.ir/news/world/europe/item/214154-russia-expands-food-imports-embargo-to-non-eu-states|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 February 2021|access-date=10 November 2015|work=English Radio|date=13 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-33905340|title=Russia expands food import ban|date=2015-08-13|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-06-17}}</ref>
*Gaza Strip by Israel since 2001, under blockade since 2007 supposedly due to the large number of illicit arms traffic used to wage war{{clarify|date=April 2025}}
*Indonesia by Australia on live cattle due to the alleged cruel slaughter methods in Indonesia<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13692211|title=Australia bans all live cattle exports to Indonesia|date=8 June 2011|work=BBC News|access-date=2 January 2016}}</ref>{{Clarify|reason=is this still in force? cant find any source on it yet|date=June 2022}}
* [[Sanctions against Iran|Iran sanctions]] by the US and its allies, notably by barring nuclear, missile and many military exports to Iran and target investments in: oil, gas and petrochemicals, exports of refined petroleum products, banks, insurance, financial institutions, and shipping.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Documents/iran.pdf | title =What You Need To Know About U.S. Economic Sanctions | author =United States Department of the Treasury | publisher =treasury.gov| author-link =United States Department of the Treasury }}</ref> Enacted 1979, increased through the following years and reached its tightest point in 2010.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/23/world/meast/iran-sanctions-facts | title =A summary of sanctions against Iran | author =Josh Levs | publisher =cnn.com | date =January 23, 2012}}</ref> In April 2019 the US threatened to sanction countries that continued to [[List of countries by proven oil reserves|buy oil from Iran]] after an initial six-month waiver announced in November 2018 had expired.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-oil/u-s-to-end-all-waivers-on-imports-of-iranian-oil-crude-price-jumps-idUSKCN1RX0R1|title=U.S. to end all waivers on imports of Iranian oil, crude price jumps|last1=Wroughton|first1=Lesley|date=22 April 2019|work=Reuters}}</ref> According to the BBC, [[United States sanctions against Iran|US sanctions against Iran]] "have led to a sharp downturn in Iran's economy, pushing the value of its currency to record lows, quadrupling its annual inflation rate, driving away foreign investors, and triggering protests".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-48011496|title=Iran oil: US to end sanctions exemptions for major importers|date=22 April 2019|work=BBC News}}</ref> These sanctions have taken a toll on [[Humanitarian impacts of U.S. sanctions against Iran|humanitarian concerns]].
* Mali by the [[United Nations Security Council|UNSC]] in relation to the spiraling security situation and hostilities in breach of the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in 2017<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mali sanctions regime |url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/international-relations/security/sanctions/sanctions-regimes/Pages/mali-sanctions-regime |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Sanctions against Burma|Myanmar sanctions]] by the EU. Sanctions were imposed against Myanmar due to the worsening state of [[democracy]] and [[Human rights in Burma|human rights infringements]]<ref>Howse, Robert L. and Genser, Jared M. (2008) [http://students.law.umich.edu/mjil/article-pdfs/v29n2-howse-genser.pdf "Are EU Trade Oh hell no on Burma Compatible with WTO Law?"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100607153959/http://students.law.umich.edu/mjil/article-pdfs/v29n2-howse-genser.pdf |date=June 7, 2010 }} ''Michigan Journal of International Law'' 29(2): pp. 165–96</ref>
* Nicaragua by the UK. Sanctions imposed in 2020 to push the government to respect democratic principles and legal institutions<ref>{{Cite web |title=Financial sanctions, Nicaragua |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-nicaragua |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=GOV.UK |date=15 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Sanctions against North Korea|North Korean sanctions]]: 
**international sanctions imposed on North Korea since the [[Korean War]] of 1950–1953 eased under the [[Sunshine Policy]] of [[President of South Korea|South Korean President]] [[Kim Dae Jung]] and of [[President of the United States|US President]] [[Bill Clinton]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/202/42450.html |title= Clinton Ends Most N. Korea Sanctions |publisher= Globalpolicy.org |date= 1999-09-18 |access-date= 2015-03-30}}</ref> but tightened again in 2010<ref>[http://www.nguoi-viet.com/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=116316&z=5]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100723132200/http://www.nguoi-viet.com/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=116316&z=5|date=July 23, 2010}}</ref>
**by the UN, US and EU on luxury goods (and arms) enacted 2006<ref>{{cite web |title=Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) |url=http://www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/europeandtrade/strategic-export-control/sanctions-embargoes/by-country/democratic%20people%20republic%20of%20korea/index.html |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090609003228/http://www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/europeandtrade/strategic-export-control/sanctions-embargoes/by-country/democratic%20people%20republic%20of%20korea/index.html |archive-date=9 June 2009 |access-date=8 March 2016 |publisher=Department for Business Innovation and Skills}}</ref>
**[[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718]] (2006) – a reaction to the DPRK's claim of a nuclear test
*[[Sanctions against Russia|Russian sanctions]]:
** by the US. On 2 August 2017, President [[Donald Trump]] signed into law the [[Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act]] that grouped together sanctions against [[Russia]], [[Iran]] and [[North Korea]]<ref>"[https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/senate-overwhelmingly-passes-new-russia-and-iran-sanctions/2017/06/15/df9afc2a-51d8-11e7-91eb-9611861a988f_story.html Senate overwhelmingly passes new Russia and Iran sanctions]". ''The Washington Post''. 15 June 2017.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-sanctions-idUSKBN1AI2N0|title=Iran says new U.S. sanctions violate nuclear deal, vows 'proportional reaction' |newspaper=Reuters |date=2 August 2017}}</ref> 
** by the EU. In March 2021, [[Reuters]] reported that the EU has placed immediate sanctions on both [[Chechnya]] and [[Russia]]—due to ongoing government sponsored and backed violence against [[LGBT community|LGBTIQ+]] individuals<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 March 2021 |title=EU sanctions Russians over rights abuses in Chechnya |newspaper=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-russia-rights-idUSKBN2BE20O}}</ref>
** [[International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War|international sanctions]] were also implemented in response to the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]] that started in 2014
** [[International sanctions during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|international sanctions]] during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
*Somalia by the [[Western world|West]]. Sanctions imposed since [[2010]], were due to the [[human rights in Somalia|human rights abuses]] and [[Anti-piracy measures in Somalia|anti-piracy measures and concerns]].
*Sudan by the US in 1997<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Imposes New Sanctions on Sudan - Sudan {{!}} ReliefWeb |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/sudan/us-imposes-new-sanctions-sudan |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=reliefweb.int |date=4 November 1997 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) |url=https://www.wm.edu/offices/techtransfer/ExportControls/Regulations/OFAC/index.php#:~:text=Currently,%20sanctioned%20countries%20include%20the,Sudan,%20Syria,%20and%20Zimbabwe. |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=William & Mary |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Sanctions against Syria|Syrian sanctions]] by the EU and the US on arms and imports of oil<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15753975 | work=BBC News | title=Syria sanctions | date=27 November 2011}}</ref>
*[[Embargo against Northern Cyprus|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus embargo]] by the UN on consumer goods, enacted since 1994<ref name="talmon">{{cite journal |last1=Talmon |first1=Stefan |date=2001 |title=The Cyprus Question before the European Court of Justice |url=http://ejil.oxfordjournals.org/content/12/4/727.short |journal=European Journal of International Law |volume=12 |issue=4 |pages=727&ndash;750 |doi=10.1093/ejil/12.4.727 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
*[[International sanctions during the Venezuelan crisis|Venezuelan sanctions]] by the US and its allies since 2015.<ref name="TIME">{{cite magazine|author=Rhodan, Maya|title= White House sanctions seven officials in Venezuela|url= https://time.com/3737536/barack-obama-venezuela-sanctions/|access-date= 2 April 2019|magazine= [[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date= 9 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-venezuela-idUSKBN0M51NS20150310 |title= U.S. declares Venezuela a national security threat, sanctions top officials |date= 10 March 2015 |work=Reuters |access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref> An arms embargo and the selling of assets were banned due to human rights violations, high government corruption, links with drug cartels and electoral rigging in the [[2018 Venezuelan presidential election]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/22/613250814/president-trump-approves-new-sanctions-on-venezuela|title=President Trump Approves New Sanctions On Venezuela|website=[[NPR]]| date=22 May 2018 | last1=Neuman | first1=Scott }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-eu/eu-readies-sanctions-on-venezuela-approves-arms-embargo-idUSKBN1DD0UN?il=0|title=EU readies sanctions on Venezuela, approves arms embargo|first=Robin|last=Emmott|newspaper=Reuters|date=13 November 2017}}</ref> Sanctions imposed by Canada since 2017,<ref name="CBCCanadaSanc">{{cite news |url= https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/canada-venezuela-sanctions-1.4303663 |work= CBC Canada |date= 22 September 2017 |publisher= Thomson Reuters |access-date= 3 April 2019 |title= Canada imposes sanctions on key Venezuelan officials}}</ref><ref name="CanadaSanc">{{cite news |url= https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/canada-sanctions-40-venezuelans-with-links-to-political-economic-crisis/article36367074/ |work= The Globe and Mail |title= Canada sanctions 40 Venezuelans with links to political, economic crisis |author= Zilio, Michelle |date= 22 September 2017 |access-date= 3 April 2019}} Also at {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170924234118/http://puntodecorte.com/esta-la-lista-los-funcionarios-venezolanos-sancionados-canada/ Punto de Corte]}} and [http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/mundo/canada-sanciona-nicolas-maduro-funcionarios-venezolanos_204786 El Nacional]</ref><ref name="VOACanadaSanc">{{cite news |url= https://www.voanews.com/a/canada-to-impose-sanctions-on-more-venezuelan-officials/4416647.html |work= VOA News |title= Canada to impose sanctions on more Venezuelan officials |date = 30 May 2018 |publisher= Reuters |access-date= 4 April 2019}}</ref> and since 2018 by Mexico,<ref name="MexicoSanc">{{cite news|work= Sumarium group|title= México rechaza elecciones en Venezuela y sanciona a siete funcionarios|url= http://sumarium.com/mexico-rechaza-elecciones-en-venezuela-y-sanciona-a-siete-funcionarios/|access-date= 21 April 2018|language= es}}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Also at [https://www.vpitv.com/venezuela/senado-mexicano-aprueba-acuerdo-en-rechazo-a-las-elecciones-en-venezuela/ VPITV]</ref> Panama<ref name="PanamaSanctions">{{cite news |url= http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2453678&CategoryId=10717 |work= Latin American Herald Tribune |date= 27 March 2018 |access-date= 3 April 2019 |title= Panama sanctions Venezuela, including Maduro & 1st Lady family companies |author= Camacho, Carlos |archive-date= 24 February 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210224235201/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2453678&CategoryId=10717 |url-status= dead }}</ref> and Switzerland<ref name="SwitzerlandReuters">{{cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/us-swiss-venezuela/swiss-impose-sanctions-on-seven-senior-venezuelan-officials-idUSKBN1H42KP |work= Reuters |date= 28 March 2018 |access-date= 3 April 2019 |title= Swiss impose sanctions on seven senior Venezuelan officials}} Also at [https://www.diariolasamericas.com/america-latina/suiza-impone-sanciones-venezuela-y-congela-bienes-siete-altos-cargos-n4146916 Diario Las Americas]</ref>