When the federal government of Germany failed to act, the German regional state of Rhineland-Palatinate imposed its own unilateral ban.

In Asia, it's an important competitive issue, so we haven't felt it commercially possible to impose a unilateral ban on ourselves.

The Ministers resolved to oppose any unilateral bans on the import of tropical timber, and declared the sovereign right of states to develop their own natural resources.

Le Monde Wednesday even seemed to support the idea of a unilateral British ban on French food imports.

There was never any question of a "unilateral" ban on these funds.

(A few days later, President Bush announced a unilateral ban on the importation of ivory.)

World opinion begins to turn against robotics, leading to the U.N. declaring a unilateral ban on further research in 2067.

Adams, like most oilmen, believes that America's unilateral ban on trade with Iran is illogical.

West Germany had imposed a separate unilateral ban on unboned British beef in November 1989.

The clash between two Member States over this unilateral ban could be disastrous.