Mahmoud Ahmadinejad The General Accounting Office (GAO) today released a report on the effectiveness of the unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States on Iran. The report cast doubt on the effectiveness of these sanctions and criticized the agencies charged…
Canadian Foreign MinisterMaxime Bernier An article in today’s Toronto-based Globe and Mail uses the occasion of the recent visit of Canadian Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier to Washington to see his U.S. counterpart, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, as an opportunity…
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) released today its monthly summary of enforcement actions. It would appear that the OFAC Task Force devoted to crushing sales of Cuban stogies on the Internets was either on vacation or…
Screen clip from Al-Zawraa On January 9, the Department of Treasury designated Syrian television station Al-Zawraa under Executive Order 13438. That executive order targets parties that threaten Iraqi stabilization, including insurgent and militia groups and their support. Among the reasons…
Back in November, Pennsylvania-based Colorcon, a manufacturer of specialty chemicals for the food and pharmaceutical industries, agreed to pay $39,000 to the Bureau of Industry and Security, based on alleged violations of BIS’s anti-boycott regulations. According to the charging documents…