trade embargo

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The island, under a US trade embargo since 1962, has for years been mired in a severe crisis marked by extended power cuts and shortages of fuel, medicine and food.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 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

When then-President Bill Clinton announced the end of a U.S. trade embargo against Vietnam in 1994, hundreds of people rallied on Bolsa Avenue, Little Saigon’s main drag, to decry the decision.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 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