Government Controls

Foreign Policy

  As part of developing its foreign policy, the U.S. Government is sensitive to the actions other countries, governments, or individuals take, and responds to these actions by tightening or loosening the U.S. Import and Export regulations. For those countries that the U.S. deems "problem" countries the rules are much tighter and, therefore, little is allowed to be traded between the U.S. and those countries. Countries that fail to respect human rights, support terrorism, or have United Nations (U.N.) sanctions against them are rarely authorized to receive any United States technology or materials.

Listed below are examples of U.S. Policies.

• As a U.N. member, the U.S. also enforces U.N. sanctions (e.g., Libya, Iraq).
• U.S. unilateral trade sanctions to censure human rights abuses (e.g., Tiananmen Square, China; Burma; Indonesia).
• Terrorism/drug trafficking sanctions also are imposed against individuals and organizations (e.g., terrorist organizations and individuals) in the U.S. and abroad.