Following the September 11 attacks, the United States Department of the Treasury shifted sanctions enforcement obligations onto private commercial banks

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The United States government relies on commercial banks as frontline enforcers to monitor financial transactions and block sanctioned parties

Fear of federal regulatory penalties leads commercial firms to overcomply by prohibiting transactions adjacent to sanctioned activities

General License 135 authorizes transactions otherwise prohibited under both the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations and Ukraine-related sanctions regulations

On September 8, twelve Western governments led by the UK announced national restrictions on trade in settlement goods

Due to the U.S. fuel blockade, Cuba's economy has nearly ground to a halt.

Cuba has been under a U.S. fuel blockade since January.

The current U.S. strategy against Iran is a blockade of the country's export capacity.

The United States is currently enforcing an economic blockade against Iran.

The blockade strategy is considered a low-intensity conflict designed to choke Iran's economy over the course of a year.