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embargoThe prohibition of trade with a country by another country or international organization. Embargoes may be general (a total ban) or specific (relating to, for example, technology transfer, energy supplies, or weaponry). See also sanctions. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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OFAC advised that most basic editing--even as little as the "reordering of paragraphs or sentences, correction of syntax, gram mar, and replacement of inappropriate words," or the addition of a single illustration--constituted a "service" provided to a citizen of a fully embargoed country and was therefore punishable by up to 10 years in prison. In July 2000, the House of Representatives cut funding for the enforcement of the ban on travel and for enforcement of the ban on the sale of food and medicine to currently embargoed nations, including Cuba, (Latin American Working Group) essentially lifting restrictions on these measures. Finally, the German restrictions were dropped on the morning of March 27, when all embargoed food containers at the port of Rotterdam were released for delivery to Germany, said Wout Schalk, Manager of U. |
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