trade embargo
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The island of 9.6 million inhabitants, under a US trade embargo since 1962, has for years been mired in a severe economic crisis marked by extended power cuts and shortages of fuel, medicine and food.
From Barron's • Feb. 9, 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
In the coming months, he would declare an oil embargo, freeze Japanese assets in America, and finally declare a total trade embargo.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
