American economic sanctions now prohibit Americans from investing in South African stocks issued after 1986.

The sanctions included a travel ban and the freezing of foreign assets, and also prohibit Americans from doing business with those on the list.

The sanctions prohibit American companies from doing business with the Chinese company.

The original sanctions did not prohibit Iraq from purchasing necessary food.

The sanctions freeze any of the individual's U.S. assets and prohibits Americans from conducting business with them.

For now, American oil companies have adopted a hands-off approach to Iraq, largely because economic sanctions prohibit any deals.

The sanctions prohibit Iraq from selling any oil except through the oil-for-food program run by the United Nations.

The sanctions prohibit loans by American banks to the Indian Government, except to buy food or agricultural supplies.

The sanctions would prohibit financial institutions that do business with the bank of Iran from opening or maintaining correspondent banking accounts in the United States.

These sanctions prohibit American citizens and companies using American currency from trading with Iran.