AQA GCSE History · 8145
Paper 1
Measures such as restrictions on trade or the freezing of financial assets, intended to pressure a government to change its behaviour.
Revise: AfghanistanInternational sanctions further restricted trade and finance. The Taliban raised taxes and drew revenue from the opium trade to support military activity, while ordinary Afghans faced worsening poverty.
- Revise: Saddam Hussein's Regime
Restrictions imposed on a country, such as limits on trade and arms supplies, to pressure its government to change its behaviour.