Escaping Sanctions by Trade Diverting
Journal: Lund University Publications Student Papers (Lund University)
Year: 2017

Sanctions are one of the main policy tools used in order change behaviour of countries involved in conflicts, without using armed forces. This paper examines the possibility for a targeted country to escape the potential negative effects from sanctions by increasing trade with third countries that has not imposed sanctions. The analysis is carried out on the specific case of the sanctions against Russia that was imposed by several countries and institutions as a reaction to the Russia-Ukraine co