The United States reacted to the occupation of Indochina by freezing Japanese assets and embargoing oil. |
Through a system of secondary sanctions, the United States has tried to force third-party countries into embargoing Cuba as well. |
In reality, embargoing our trade, while perhaps not legal, is very successful and very profitable for these companies in the United States. |
In July, 1941 the Japanese military advanced into the southern half of French Indochina, and the United States responded by freezing all Japanese assets and embargoing the sale of petroleum. |
In Washington, Stimson and secretary of the treasury, Henry Morgenthau, advocated embargoing the shipment of strategic materials to Japan. |
The latest bit of bad publicity is that the studio is embargoing online US reviews until the week of the film's 7 August debut, and until the day of its release for print outlets, which is almost never a good sign. |