THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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A tax on imports
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A limit on the number of goods that can be imported into a country.
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When one country stops trading with another country in order to put pressure on their government.
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When the government tells businesses what and how much to produce.
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Detailed explanation-1: -An embargo (from the Spanish embargo, meaning hindrance, obstruction, etc. in a general sense, a trading ban in trade terminology and literally “distraint” in juridic parlance) is the partial or complete prohibition of commerce and trade with a particular country/state or a group of countries.
Detailed explanation-2: -What Is an Embargo? An embargo is a trade restriction, typically adopted by a government, a group of countries or an international organization as an economic sanction. Embargoes can bar all trade, or may apply only to some of it, for example to arms imports.
Detailed explanation-3: -An embargo is a government restriction placed on the import or export of goods, services, currency, and other values to any other country or state.
Detailed explanation-4: -Examples from Collins dictionaries The United Nations imposed an arms embargo against the country. That country experienced comprehensive embargoes on trade and finance. The fruit was embargoed. They embargoed oil shipments to the U.S.