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Embargo and Sanction Programs
Foreign Asset Controls Regulations
31 CFR Parts 500-597 are promulgated and implemented by the U.S. Treasury Department, Office of Foreign Assets Control and regulates:
- Economic trade with foreign countries.
- Administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions based on U.S. foreign policy and national security goals against targeted foreign countries and regimes, terrorists, international narcotics traffickers, those engaged in activities related to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and other threats to the national security, foreign policy or economy of the United States.
Related authorities:
- The Trading with the Enemy Act (TEWA), 50 U.S.C. §§ 1-44, which gives the President the power to restrict and oversee all trade between the United States and its enemies during the time of war.
- International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), 50 U.S.C. §§ 1701-1706, which allows the President to identify any unusual extraordinary threat that originates outside the United States and to confiscate property and prohibit transactions in response.
Quick Facts
- Sanction and embargo programs are each different. It is important to review the particular activity in conjunction with the specified sanction or embargo program for that country.
- Full version of the Foreign Asset Control Regulations
Research and Educational Activities and Sanctioned or Embargoed Countries
Most activities with a person in (or ordinarily resident in) or entity in an embargoed country (Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria) or heavily sanctioned country (i.e., Russia) require a specific or general license. Contact the Export Control Compliance team before beginning any activity.