VOL. XL

No. 35

1-September-1997

SANCTIONS

Congressmen Plan Bill To Restrict Unilateral US Sanctions

Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) and Representative Lee Hamilton (D-IN) are drafting a billdesigned to stem the trend within the US Congress to impose unilateral economic sanctionson governments whose policies run counter to US policy. The bill, which is to beintroduced in September, would require federal, state and local governments to carry outan analysis of the economic costs of proposed trade...