trade embargo
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Cuba, under a US trade embargo since 1962, has for years battled shortages of fuel, medicine and food, even before the Caribbean country of 9.6 million people lost its main oil supplier.
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
In the War of 1812, Congress authorized federal customs officers, then responsible for enforcing a trade embargo with England, to move shipowner claims against them to federal court.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
In 1994, the U.S. lifted its trade embargo against Vietnam, and resumed diplomatic ties the following year.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2025
Exhausted with the British Empire impressing American sailors into military service and refusing to accept United States neutrality in its conflict with France, Jefferson imposed a general trade embargo that crippled the New England economy.
From Salon • Oct. 11, 2024
The U.S. government struck back by imposing a trade embargo on Cuba, blocking the sale of Cuban sugar in the United States—a devastating blow to Cuba’s economy.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
