The embargo restriction followed years of the big publishers imposing lending limits and raising prices on ebooks for libraries.
One of the great enemies of the public library is departing|Aaron Pressman|September 18, 2020|Fortune
The EU has threatened sanctions against Ankara, but Germany — the current president of the grouping — has historically been reluctant to impose such trade embargoes, which it feels only further reduce the prospects of negotiations.
Butterfly Effect: The Next U.S.-Russia Conflict Theater Could be the Mediterranean|Charu Kasturi|September 17, 2020|Ozy
There was really only one good reason to maintain the embargo: Trade with Cuba strengthens the Castros.
Obama’s One Hand Clap With Castro|Doug McIntyre|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If the embargo were effective, the Castro brothers would have been doing Love Letters with the Duvaliers years ago.
Obama’s One Hand Clap With Castro|Doug McIntyre|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Obama has latched on to the failure of the embargo to topple the Castros as justification to shuffle the deck.
Obama’s One Hand Clap With Castro|Doug McIntyre|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Most age cohorts still supported it, but those who left Cuba after 1995 were against the embargo by 58-42 percent.
Rubio’s Embargo Anger Plays to the Past|Michael Tomasky|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Cuban athletes have been highly prized in the U.S. despite the embargo—and even because of it.
Is Major League Baseball Ready For Cuba’s Players?|Ben Jacobs|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But, while the embargo pressed so heavily on us, it inflicted severe damage also on France and England, especially the latter.
The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2|J. T. Headley.
An embargo, as preparatory to war, presupposes some new and hidden danger, not known to the mercantile community.
Abridgement of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856 (4 of 16 vol.)|Various
It had no effect; the price reached 49s., and on the 26th the council laid an embargo on exportation.
The Political History of England - Vol. X.|William Hunt
Courts can not enforce laws upon which public opinion sets its embargo.
The Code of the Mountains|Charles Neville Buck
Gentlemen assign as a reason why the embargo should be removed, its inefficacy—that it has not answered the contemplated purpose.
Abridgement of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856 (4 of 16 vol.)|Various
British Dictionary definitions for embargo
embargo
/ (ɛmˈbɑːɡəʊ) /
nounplural-goes
a government order prohibiting the departure or arrival of merchant ships in its ports
any legal stoppage of commercean embargo on arms shipments
a restraint, hindrance, or prohibition
verb-goes, -goingor-goed(tr)
to lay an embargo upon
to seize for use by the state
Word Origin for embargo
C16: from Spanish, from embargar, from Latin im- + barrabar1
A governmental restriction on trade for political purposes. The objective is to put pressure on other governments by prohibiting exports to or imports from those countries.