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@JoeBiden announces an unprecedented review of the impact of U.S. economic sanctions.
It will evaluate whether sanctions are "unduly hindering" the Covid-19 response.
This is a major step towards sanctions relief sought by progressives @AOC, @IlhanMN, @RepChuyGarcia
@JoeBiden announces an unprecedented review of the impact of U.S. economic sanctions.
It will evaluate whether sanctions are "unduly hindering" the Covid-19 response.
This is a major step towards sanctions relief sought by progressives @AOC, @IlhanMN, @RepChuyGarcia
In March, @AOC led an unprecedented letter with over 30 members of Congress and @BernieSanders calling for broad sanctions relief for Iran as it battled the coronavirus. https://nationalinterest.org/blog/skeptics/aoc-and-bernie-sanders-want-suspend-iran-sanctions-due-coronavirus-139957
In November, more than 70 members of Congress led by @RepChuyGarcia and @SenWarren wrote to Trump calling for a worldwide general license to "allow coronavirus-related humanitarian trade to flow to U.S. sanctioned countries." https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/17/democrats-urge-trump-sanctions-flexible-iran/
Rep. @Ilhan has introduced the "Congressional Oversight of Sanctions Act" which would restrict the power of the president to unilaterally impose these devastating sanctions and requiring ongoing Congressional approval to maintain them. https://twitter.com/Ilhan/status/1252993317480136706
Last Congress, @TulsiGabbard passed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act to require detailed reporting on the impact of sanctions on innocent people.
The amendment was stripped out of the final bill by the GOP Senate. https://nationalinterest.org/blog/skeptics/tulsi-gabbard-wants-know-if-us-sanctions-are-killing-children-165342
The amendment was stripped out of the final bill by the GOP Senate. https://nationalinterest.org/blog/skeptics/tulsi-gabbard-wants-know-if-us-sanctions-are-killing-children-165342
"United Nations leadership called for rolling back international sanctions regimes around the world, saying they are heightening the health risks for millions of people and weakening the global effort to contain the spread of the new coronavirus." https://archive.is/zc8KG
Pope Francis called for international sanctions to be "relaxed"
These sanctions "make it difficult for countries on which they have been imposed to provide adequate support to their citizens" https://www.euronews.com/2020/04/12/coronavirus-pope-francis-calls-for-debt-relief-and-end-to-sanctions
These sanctions "make it difficult for countries on which they have been imposed to provide adequate support to their citizens" https://www.euronews.com/2020/04/12/coronavirus-pope-francis-calls-for-debt-relief-and-end-to-sanctions
