arms embargo

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• Arms embargo — An arms embargo is an embargo that applies to weaponry. It may also include dual use items. An arms embargo may serve one or more purposes: # to signal disapproval of behavior by a certain actor, # to maintain neutral standing in an ongoing… …   Wikipedia

• European Union arms embargo on the People's Republic of China — The European Union arms embargo on the People s Republic of China is an embargo which was imposed by the European Union (EU) member states on the People s Republic of China (PRC) in response to its suppression of the Tienanmen Square protests of… …   Wikipedia

• embargo — /em bahr goh/, n., pl. embargoes, v., embargoed, embargoing. n. 1. an order of a government prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports. 2. an injunction from a government commerce agency to refuse freight for shipment, as …   Universalium

• embargo — ▪ I. embargo em‧bar‧go 1 [ɪmˈbɑːgəʊ ǁ ˈbɑːrgoʊ] noun embargoes PLURALFORM [countable] 1. ECONOMICS an official order stopping trade with a country. Governments and organizations put embargoes on countries with which they have a political… …   Financial and business terms

• embargo — 01. On October 19, 1960, the U.S. imposed a partial economic [embargo] on Cuba that excluded food and medicine. 02. When the Americans placed a tariff on Russian steel coming into the U.S., the Russians retaliated by placing an [embargo] on… …   Grammatical examples in English

• embargo — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, strict, total ▪ partial ▪ mandatory ▪ crippling ▪ the crippling economi …   Collocations dictionary

• Embargo — In international commerce and politics, an embargo is the prohibition of commerce (division of trade) and trade with a certain country, in order to isolate it and to put its government into a difficult internal situation, given that the effects… …   Wikipedia

• Arms industry — Workers assemble pistols at the John Inglis munitions plant, Canada, April 1944 The arms industry is a global industry and business which manufactures and sells weapons and military technology and equipment. It comprises government and commercial …   Wikipedia

• Arms industry in Romania — Romania is the 11th largest arms supplier in the world. The Romanian arms industry s main customer, for whom they mainly build warships, guns, weapons, and equipment, is the Romanian government.Furthermore, record high defense expenditure… …   Wikipedia

• embargo — [[t]ɪmbɑ͟ː(r)goʊ[/t]] embargoes, embargoing, embargoed 1) N COUNT: usu with supp If one country or group of countries imposes an embargo against another, it forbids trade with that country. The United Nations imposed an arms embargo against the… …   English dictionary

• embargo — em·bar·go 1 /im bär gō, em / n pl goes [Spanish, from embargar to bar] 1: an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports 2: a legal prohibition on commerce an embargo on arms shipments 3: an order by a… …   Law dictionary