United States sanctions
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United States sanctions are economic and financial restrictions imposed by the U.S. government to influence the behavior or policies of foreign governments, entities, or individuals.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| United States sanctions canonical | 2 |
| United States sanctions on Iran | 1 |
| United States sanctions regime on Iran | 1 |
| United States sanctions regime on North Korea | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2367303 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States sanctions Context triple: [GAESA, subjectOf, United States sanctions]
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A.
Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act
The Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act is a U.S. federal law that imposes wide-ranging sanctions on Russia, Iran, and North Korea in response to activities such as election interference, regional aggression, and human rights abuses.
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B.
Office of Sanctions Policy and Implementation
The Office of Sanctions Policy and Implementation is a U.S. State Department office responsible for developing, coordinating, and overseeing the implementation of U.S. economic and financial sanctions as a foreign policy and national security tool.
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C.
United Nations Sanctions Committees
The United Nations Sanctions Committees are subsidiary bodies of the UN Security Council that oversee and monitor the implementation of sanctions regimes imposed on states, entities, and individuals to maintain or restore international peace and security.
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D.
Helms–Burton Act
The Helms–Burton Act is a 1996 U.S. law that tightened and extended the economic embargo against Cuba, including extraterritorial sanctions on foreign companies doing business with the island.
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E.
International Emergency Economic Powers Act
The International Emergency Economic Powers Act is a U.S. federal law that grants the President broad authority to regulate international commerce and impose economic sanctions during declared national emergencies involving foreign threats.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States sanctions Target entity description: United States sanctions are economic and financial restrictions imposed by the U.S. government to influence the behavior or policies of foreign governments, entities, or individuals.
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A.
Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act
The Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act is a U.S. federal law that imposes wide-ranging sanctions on Russia, Iran, and North Korea in response to activities such as election interference, regional aggression, and human rights abuses.
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B.
Office of Sanctions Policy and Implementation
The Office of Sanctions Policy and Implementation is a U.S. State Department office responsible for developing, coordinating, and overseeing the implementation of U.S. economic and financial sanctions as a foreign policy and national security tool.
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C.
United Nations Sanctions Committees
The United Nations Sanctions Committees are subsidiary bodies of the UN Security Council that oversee and monitor the implementation of sanctions regimes imposed on states, entities, and individuals to maintain or restore international peace and security.
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D.
Helms–Burton Act
The Helms–Burton Act is a 1996 U.S. law that tightened and extended the economic embargo against Cuba, including extraterritorial sanctions on foreign companies doing business with the island.
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E.
International Emergency Economic Powers Act
The International Emergency Economic Powers Act is a U.S. federal law that grants the President broad authority to regulate international commerce and impose economic sanctions during declared national emergencies involving foreign threats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coercive economic measure
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economic sanction regime ⓘ foreign policy instrument ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Office of Foreign Assets Control
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U.S. Department of Commerce ⓘ United States Department of State ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of State
United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of the Treasury
|
| affects |
access to U.S. financial system
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cross-border financial transactions ⓘ international trade ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
foreign entities
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foreign governments ⓘ foreign individuals ⓘ |
| enforcedBy |
administrative actions
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civil penalties ⓘ criminal penalties ⓘ |
| hasObjective |
combat corruption
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counter terrorism ⓘ counter weapons of mass destruction proliferation ⓘ influence foreign government behavior ⓘ promote human rights ⓘ respond to armed aggression ⓘ support international security ⓘ |
| hasType |
arms embargoes
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asset freezes ⓘ comprehensive sanctions ⓘ export controls ⓘ financial restrictions ⓘ secondary sanctions ⓘ sectoral sanctions ⓘ targeted sanctions ⓘ travel bans ⓘ |
| imposedBy | United States government ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act
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Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act ⓘ International Emergency Economic Powers Act ⓘ Magnitsky Act ⓘ Trading with the Enemy Act ⓘ United Nations Participation Act ⓘ various presidential executive orders ⓘ |
| oftenCoordinatedWith |
European Union sanctions
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United Nations sanctions ⓘ |
| scopeIncludes |
blocking of property and interests in property
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restrictions on U.S. persons ⓘ restrictions on dealings in U.S. dollars ⓘ restrictions on exports and reexports ⓘ restrictions on investment and services ⓘ |
| targets |
corrupt officials
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entities involved in WMD proliferation ⓘ human rights abusers ⓘ narcotics traffickers ⓘ state sponsors of terrorism ⓘ terrorist organizations ⓘ |
| usesInstrument |
Foreign Sanctions Evaders List
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surface form:
Foreign Sanctions Evaders list
Non-SDN Menu-Based Sanctions list ⓘ Sectoral Sanctions Identifications List ⓘ
surface form:
Sectoral Sanctions Identifications list
Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List ⓘ
surface form:
Specially Designated Nationals list
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: United States sanctions Description of subject: United States sanctions are economic and financial restrictions imposed by the U.S. government to influence the behavior or policies of foreign governments, entities, or individuals.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
United States sanctions regime on Iran
this entity surface form:
United States sanctions regime on North Korea
this entity surface form:
United States sanctions on Iran