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a comprehensive publicity the impact of illegal sanctions government for breaching
campaign and roadshows in on Africa’s second biggest GATT by imposing unilateral
America to inform American economy. sanctions for political aims
businesses, financial and not self-defense from a
institutions, government 4. Taking Legal Action. threat to sovereignty, which
officials, congressmen, and is the only reason a nation
the public that the U.S. As a first step, the country may be permitted to impose
government is about to could approach the World unilateral sanctions on a
undertake illegal sanctions on Bank’s ICSID (International member state.
South Africa that will block Center for Settlement of
U.S. businesses from the Investment Disputes) to It doesn’t end there, as
biggest and most advanced stop U.S. and other global the illegal imposition of
market in Africa. companies, financial sanctions by the United States
institutions, investors, on South Africa, and the
This message will also and entities from pulling illegal implementation and
reiterate that such a move critical investment, products overcompliance with those
would also deprive U.S. (like seeds, fertilizers, and sanctions by third parties
industry access to South technology sold to South in South Africa and other
Africa’s strategic resources Africa on warranty) and African countries, can be
and the gateway into Africa services (software) from taken to South African courts,
which the Russians and South Africa because this individual African courts, and
Chinese would then use to would deprive South Africans the African Court.
consolidate their position in the enjoyment of the full-
Africa. life of those products and Finally, the South African
services; hinder investments, government as a last resort
Furthermore, the message debt repayments and free & can approach the International
would also conscientize fair global trade. Court of Justice, where Iran
Americans to the fact that took the United States in
this imposition of illegal Additionally, in the same 2016, for imposing illegal
sanctions by their government spirit of fighting measures unilateral sanctions on Iran
would be met by legal action that hinder free and fair to complement the legal
in line with HRC resolution international trade, the South UN sanctions for Nuclear
34/13, and that could see Africans can also approach Proliferation, and the court
the American people paying the World Trade Organization ruled in Iran’s favor in 2023.
reparations and damages for to sue the United States
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