US Sectoral Sanctions
CAATSA / Guidances / Lists
CAATSA (Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act)
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Signed into law by President Trump in August 2017 (after passage through
both Houses of Congress by near-unanimous vote)
Full text is here (Public Law 115-44) - the Russia-related part is Title II,
sections 201-292
Eastern Ukraine / Crimea situation, alleged US (and European) election
meddling, and Syria were/are the three bases for it
Broadened toughened the pre-existing sanctions as contained in six
Executive Orders, the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 (the "UFSA")
and another 2014 law in support of Ukraine (now amended by CAATSA)
Also has framework authorization for some new primary sanctions (aimed at
US persons, or dealings having some other nexus to US) and secondary
sanctions (aimed at non-US persons - and not needing any US nexus)
Dramatically widened the gap between US and EU sanctions against Russia
(which has widened even further since then)
Morgan Lewis
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