Question

Trade sanctions were often enacted as expressions of U.S. revulsion against nations for their internal practices, such as human rights abuses or poor labor or environmental standards.
a) true
b) false

Answer 1

Answer: True

Explanation:

As the proverbial 'Global policeman', the U.S. enacts sanctions on countries that it believes are acting in a way that is not beneficial to her own people or the plant at large.

This includes human rights abuses, poor labor standards and environmental standards amongst others. These sanctions are meant to hurt the sanctioned country so that they right their wrongs. Countries such as Burma are under trade sanctions due to their poor human rights record in dealing with Rohingya Muslims.