Problem
Disregard for internationally imposed economic sanctions
Other Names:
Circumvention of international sanctionsSmuggling through sanctions barriers
Violation of international export controls
Breach of blockade
Nature:
Unilateral and multilateral economic sanctions imposed since the end of World War I have had some limited successes but have proved virtually useless when wielded by one strong power against another. The successes were achieved mostly against small countries when only modest foreign policy goals were sought. Incidence:
An example of sanctions with general lack of success were the USA efforts to halt the sale of grain and gas pipeline equipment to the former Soviet Union. In 1990, the German government was given a list of 50 German companies believed to be violating the United Nations embargo against Iraq. In 1993 it was alleged that corporations based in the USA were using lax law enforcement concerning sanctions to conduct business openly in Cuba and Libya through foreign subsidiaries. Narrower Problems:
Disregard for international ban on marketing unhealthy products Aggravates:
ApartheidFalsification of documentsInternational criminal activityIrresponsible international tradeFraudulent certificates of origin of goods Strategies:
Relaxing sanctionsIncreasing international economic cooperationExposing violation of international export controlsAbiding by international export controlsSmugglingBreaching blockadesCircumventing international sanctionsAcknowledging internationally imposed economic sanctionsImposing economic sanctions Subject(s):
Commerce → Import, exportSocietal Problems → Crime
Societal Problems → Maltreatment
Societal Problems → Impediments
Defence → Conflict
Government → Sanctions
Cybernetics → Control
Economics → Economic
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST