Footnotes

1 Carter, Bany E., International Economic Sanctions: Improving the Haphazard U.S. Legal Regime. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. P. 4.

2 Hufbauer, Gary Clyde, Jeffrey J. Schott and Kimberly Ann Elliott, Economic Sanctions Reconsidered: History and Current Policy. Washington, DC: Institute for International Economics, 1990 (second edition). P. 2.

3 Government leaders also have a range of diplomatic, political, cultural, and military tools at their disposal to use instead of or in conjunction with economic sanctions.

4 Hufbauer, Gary Clyde and Kimberly Ann Elliott, Tess Cyrus, and Elizabeth Winston. U.S. Economic Sanctions; Their Impact on Trade, Jobs, and Wages. Washington, DC: Institute for International Economics, 1997. 17 p. and tables.

5 Denial of Food and Medicine: The Impact of he U.S. Embargo on Health & Nutrition in Cuba, American Association for World Health. March 1997.

6 "The U.S. Embargo and Health Care in Cuba: Myth Versus Reality," U.S. Department of State, Press Statement, May 14, 1997.

7 The Trading with the Enemy Act continues to apply only to Cuba and North Korea. Presidential authority to impose sinular national emergency-related sanctions may be found in the National Emergencies Act and the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.



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