Distortion of international trade by embargoes

Name(s): 
Import quotas
Banned imports
Trade embargo
Distortion of international trade by quantiative restrictions
Nature 
Governmental prohibitions of all or certain kinds of shipments to foreign countries, to serve national political, military or economic interests, frequently are ineffective, unjustified and destabilizing to international free trade. Intergovernmental organization embargoes against aggressor nations have had little impact.
Claim 
Among useless embargoes were those imposed by the League of Nations on oil shipments to Italy, and by the United Nations on armaments to China and North Korea during the Korean War. The only consequences of a grain embargo by the USA were losses for its own economy.
Broader 
Economic conflict
Non-tariff barriers to international trade
Narrower 
Embargo on medicines
Unilateral secondary embargoes
Imposition of trade quotas for health reasons
Imposition of trade quotas for political reasons
Related 
Distortion of international trade by discriminatory customs and administrative entry procedures
Aggravates 
Profiteering [in 1 loop]
Aggravated by 
Counter-productive price supports and subsidies
Vulnerability of economies to import penetration
Distortion of international trade as a result of government participation
Reduced by 
Limited observance of multilateral trade agreements
Value(s) 
Banning
Distortion
Restriction
Reference(s) 
Shihata, Ibrahim: Case for the Arab Oil Embargo
Lundborg, Per: The Economics of Export Embargoes
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: The Costs of Restricting Imports: the automobile industry
Type 
(E) Emanations of other problems