Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: Trade sanctions consist of export restrictions and embargoes, or import or customs restrictions, and boycotts.Such measures, which can be adopted at the international, regional or national level, are economic tools for achieving foreign policy objectives.The effects that they produce are several, and they cover the political, economic and social spheres.This article analyzes the possible consequences of trade sanctions, in particular embargoes addressing targeted states, in order to evaluate their effectiveness.Two case studies of sanctions, the Iranian and the Russian case, are presented.
Source: ORBi (University of Liège)
Author: Ilaria Anna Colussi
Institution: University of Liège
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2530280762