US Should Coordinate More With EU on Lebanon Sanctions
The U.S. should coordinate more closely with European partners on a sanctions framework aimed at Lebanese government officials, Senate Foreign Relations Committee leaders said. In an Oct. 29 letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, senators said the U.S. should “complement” the European Union’s recent sanctions against Lebanon so that the country’s leaders “fully understand the consequences, including the freezing of any assets subject to U.S. jurisdiction, of their behavior.”
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Timely, relevant coverage of court proceedings and agency rulings involving tariffs, classification, valuation, origin and antidumping and countervailing duties. Each day, Trade Law Daily subscribers receive a daily headline email, in-depth PDF edition and access to all relevant documents via our trade law source document library and website.
“We believe that sanctions work best when they are coordinated internationally and that U.S. sanctions can be brought to bear against those working against democracy, accountability, and reform in Lebanon, especially Hezbollah and its affiliates,” said Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, the committee’s top Democrat, and James Risch of Idaho, the committee’s top Republican. “To that end, we urge the administration to take steps to complement the EU’s announced sanctions framework and to work closely with counterparts both in Brussels and in member-state capitals to coordinate sanctions.”
The Treasury Department sanctioned (see 2110280021) a Lebanese lawmaker and businessman Oct. 29 for contributing “to the breakdown of good governance and the rule of law” in the country.” Treasury and State didn’t comment.