Current U.S. Unilateral Sanctions
Compiled by USA*Engage
Source: President's Export Council, 1997
Carter Study, 2002

Afghanistan
IEEPA
Foreign Assistance Act
Narcotics Control Trade Act
Arms Export Control Act
Export-Import Bank Act
Algeria
Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 1994 and 1995
Angola
Arms Export Control Act
Armenia
Arms Export Control Act
Azerbaijan
Freedom Support Act of 1992 (waived in 2002)
Foreign Operations, Export Finance and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1998 (removed in 1999)
Arms Export Control Act
Bahrain
Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 1994 and 1995
Bangladesh
Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 1994 and 1995
Belarus
Arms Export Control Act
GSP benefits suspended 2001
OPIC denial 2001
Belize
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Foreign Operations, Export Finance and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1998
Burma
IEEPA
1997 Omnibus Appropriations Act
Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996
Narcotics Control Trade Act
Foreign Assistance Act
Arms Export Control Act
Generalized System of Preferences Renewal Act
Export-Import Bank Act
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2000
Burundi
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996
Cambodia
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1998
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2001
Export-Import Bank Act
OPIC denial (removed in 1997)
Canada
Fisherman's Protective Act of 1967
China
1997 Omnibus Appropriations Act
Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 1990-91
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996 & 1998
Departments of Commerce, Justice and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act of 1990 ("Commerce Appropriations, 1990")
Fisherman's Protective Act of 1967
National Defense Authorization Act for 1990-91
Atomic Energy Act
Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930
Arms Export Control Act
Trade Act of 1974 ("Trade Act")
Export-Import Bank Act
Export-Import Reauthorization Act of 1997
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2000
Colombia
Foreign Assistance Act
Narcotics Control Trade Act (waived in 1998)
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972
Export-Import Bank Act
Congo
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1998 Arms Export Control Act
Costa Rica
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972
Cuba
Trading With The Enemy Act
Cuban Democracy Act of 1992
Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996 ("Helms-Burton")
1997 Omnibus Appropriations Act
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996 & 1998
International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
Internal Revenue Code
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1987
National Defense Authorization Act of 1996
Foreign Assistance Act
Arms Export Control Act
Export Administration Act
Export-Import Bank Act
Djibouti
Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 1994 and 1995
Egypt
Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 1994 and 1995
Gambia
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996
Georgia
Arms Export Control Act
Guatemala
1997 Omnibus Appropriations Act
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996 & 1998
Guinea-Bissau
OPIC denial
Haiti
1997 Omnibus Appropriations Act
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996 & 1998 (removed in 1999)
Arms Export Control Act
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2001(removed by like bill 2002)
Honduras
Commerce Appropriations, 1990
Indonesia
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2001
Iran
International Emergency Economic Powers Act
Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992
Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996
1997 Omnibus Appropriations Act
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996 & 1998
International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 Internal Revenue Code
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1987
Defense Authorization Act, 1996
Foreign Assistance Act
Narcotics Control Trade Act (removed by EO in 1999)
National Defense Authorization Act for 1990-91
Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 1994 and 1995
Arms Export Control Act
Export-Import Bank Act
Iraq
International Emergency Economic Powers Act
Iraq Sanctions Act of 1990
Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992
1997 Omnibus Appropriations Act
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996 & 1998
International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
Internal Revenue Code
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1987
Defense Authorization Act, 1996
Foreign Assistance Act
Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 1994 and 1995
Arms Export Control Act
Export Administration Act
Italy
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972
High Seas Driftnet Fisheries Enforcement Act
Ivory Coast
OPIC denial
Japan
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972
Jordan
Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 1994 and 1995
Kazakhstan
Arms Export Control Act
Kuwait
Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 1994 and 1995
Kyrgyzstan
Arms Export Control Act
Laos
Export-Import Bank Act
Lebanon
Foreign Assistance Act
Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 1994 and 1995
Liberia
Arms Export Control Act
Generalized System of Preferences Renewal Act
Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1998
Libya
International Emergency Economic Powers Act
Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996
1997 Omnibus Appropriations Act
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996 & 1998
International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
Internal Revenue Code
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1987
Defense Authorization Act, 1996
Foreign Assistance Act
Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 1994 and 1995
Arms Export Control Act
Export Administration Act
Maldives
Generalized System of Preferences Renewal Act
Mauritania
Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 1994 and 1995
Generalized System of Preferences Renewal Act (removed by EO 1999)
OPIC denial (removed in 1999)
Mexico
1997 Omnibus Appropriations Act
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972
Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930
Moldova
Arms Export Control Act
Morocco
Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 1994 and 1995
New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union
Foreign Assistance Act
1997 Omnibus Appropriations Act
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996 & 1998
Nigeria
Foreign Assistance Act
Narcotics Control Trade Act (waived in 1999)
OPIC denial (removed 1999)
Commerce Appropriations, 1990
Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 1994 and 1995
Arms Export Control Act
Export-Import Bank Act
North Korea
Trading With the Enemy Act
1997 Omnibus Appropriations Act
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996 & 1998
International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
Internal Revenue Code
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1987
Defense Authorization Act, 1996
Foreign Assistance Act
National Defense Authorization Act for 1990-91
Arms Export Control Act
Export Administration Act
Export-Import Bank Act
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2000
Oman
Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 1994 and 1995
Pakistan
Arms Export Control Act (waived in 2001)
National Defense Authorization Act for 1990-91
DOD Appropriations Act of 2000 (waived in 2001)
Foreign Assistance Act (waived in 2001)
Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 1994 and 1995
Generalized System of Preferences Renewal Act
OPIC denial (removed 1999)
Panama
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972
Paraguay
Foreign Assistance Act
Peru
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2001(removed in like bill 2002)
Qatar
Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 1994 and 1995
Foreign Assistance Act
Romania
NNPA
Russia
1997 Omnibus Appropriations Act
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996, 1998 & 2000
Arms Export Control Act
National Defense Authorization Act, 1998
Export-Import Reauthorization Act of 1997
Rwanda
Arms Export Control Act
Saudi Arabia
Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 1994 and 1995
Foreign Assistance Act
Somalia
Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 1994 and 1995
Arms Export Control Act
Sri Lanka
Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 1994 and 1995
Sudan
IEEPA
1997 Omnibus Appropriations Act
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996, 1998, & 2002
International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
Internal Revenue Code
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1987
Defense Authorization Act, 1996
Foreign Assistance Act
Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 1994 and 1995
Arms Export Control Act
Export Administration Act
Generalized System of Preferences Renewal Act
Syria
1997 Omnibus Appropriations Act
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996 & 1998
International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
Internal Revenue Code
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1987
Defense Authorization Act, 1996
Foreign Assistance Act
Narcotics Control Trade Act (removed in 1998)
Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 1994 and 1995
Arms Export Control Act
Export Administration Act
Generalized System of Preferences Renewal Act
Export-Import Bank Act
Taiwan
Fisherman's Protective Act of 1967
Tajikistan
Arms Export Control Act
Tanzania
Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 1994 and 1995
Thailand
Commerce Appropriations, 1990
Tunisia
Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 1994 and 1995
Turkmenistan
Arms Export Control Act
Uganda
Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 1994 and 1995
Ukraine
Arms Export Control Act
United Arab Emirates
Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 1994 and 1995
Foreign Assistance Act
Uzbekistan
Arms Export Control Act
Vanuata
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972
Venezuela
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972
Vietnam
Arms Export Control Act
Export-Import Bank Act
Yemen
Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 1994 and 1995
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of (Serbia and Montenegro)
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (removed 2001)
1997 Omnibus Appropriations Act
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996 & 2000 (2000 sanction removed by 2001 Foreign Ops Act)
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2002
Arms Export Control Act
Export-Import Bank Act
Zimbabwe
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2002