Secondary Sanctions: A Weapon out of Control? The International Legality of, and European Responses to, US Secondary Sanctions
Journal: British Yearbook of International Law
Year: 2020

Abstract The US is increasingly weaponizing economic sanctions to push through its foreign policy agenda. Making use of the centrality of the US in the global economy, it has imposed ‘secondary sanctions’ on foreign firms, which are forced to choose between trading with US sanctions targets or forfeiting access to the lucrative US market. In addition, the US has penalized foreign firms for breaching US sanctions legislation. In this contribution, it is argued that the international lawfulness of