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Trading with the Enemy Act
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Trading_with_the_Enemy_Act
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:amendedBy
multiple times
gptkbp:appliesTo
gptkb:United_States
times of war
gptkbp:codifiedIn
gptkb:50_U.S.C._App._§§_1–44
gptkbp:dateEnacted
1917
gptkbp:enactedBy
gptkb:United_States_Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Trading with the Enemy Act
gptkbp:language
English
gptkbp:notableFor
basis for embargo against Cuba
basis for Japanese American internment asset seizures
gptkbp:penalty
criminal and civil penalties for violations
gptkbp:purpose
restrict trade with enemy nations during wartime
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:International_Emergency_Economic_Powers_Act
gptkb:Office_of_Alien_Property_Custodian
gptkbp:relevantDuring
gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Cuban_embargo
gptkbp:section
Section 5(b) grants presidential powers
gptkbp:signedBy
gptkb:Woodrow_Wilson
gptkbp:status
still in effect (as of 2024)
gptkbp:usedFor
imposing economic sanctions
seizing enemy property
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Office_of_Foreign_Assets_Control
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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