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Antwoord misschien eens op Tom's vraag, Pelgrim? Er is een embargo door 1 land maar toch geen blokkade door de VS?
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Dat klopt niet, de VS hebben een wet waarmee ze andere landen die wel zaken doen met Cuba kunnen bestarffen, de zogenaamde Helms-Burton act.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helms-Burton_Act
"The Helms-Burton Act was condemned by the
Council of Europe, the
European Union,
Canada,
Mexico,
Argentina and other U.S. allies that enjoy normal trade relations with Cuba. The governments argued that the law ran counter to the spirit of international law and sovereignty.
After a complaint by the European Union with the
World Trade Organization, a dispute settlement panel was established. Later, the work of the panel was suspended to find a solution through negotiations. After a year, the panel lost its jurisdiction over the matter, and the EU did not pursue the matter anymore before the WTO.
The law has also been condemned by humanitarian groups because these groups argue that sanctions against an entire country will affect only the innocent population.
The law provides for compensation of only the largest of claims for confiscated property, primarily only the claims of large multinational companies (valued at roughly $6 billion), and fails to provide for the claims of individuals with confiscated personal residences of the exiled Cuban-American community.
The
European Union introduced a
Council Regulation (No 2271/96) (law binding all member states) declaring the extra-territorial provisions of the Helms-Burton Act to be unenforceable within the EU, and permitting recovery of any damages imposed under it. The EU law also applied sanctions against US companies and their executives for making Title III complaints."
De EU kan het zich permitteren hiertegen te protesteren, veel andere landen zijn de facto verplicht om het embargo na te leven, anders brengen ze hun export naar de VS in gevaar.