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economic sanctions

economic sanctions (ikonomik sankshonz)

Idiom Global

Signification

penalties imposed by one country on another to influence behavior

sanctions imposées par un pays à un autre pour influencer son comportement (sanxion imposay par un pei a un otr pur influanse son komportemaa)

Phrases d'exemple

"The EU imposed economic sanctions to pressure the regime to reform."

"L'UE a imposé des sanctions économiques pour faire pression sur le régime afin qu'il se réforme." (lyu a imposay des sanxion ekonomik pur fer presion syr le rejim afan kil se reform)

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