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Re Niger, my current impression (from this article) is that the US has only withdrawn aid, and not imposed sanctions on the actual country.

Can we get a clarification of what broad sanctions mean?

In my mind (which is what I bet based on) broad sanctions is what the US has on Russia, Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea and Iran. Most importantly, a complete trade embargo. But other people here seem to have different interpretations.

@Shump https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_sanctions Where the map says "broad sanctions"

So far, sanctions on Niger seem to be, from news reports I looked at:

The United States, a major provider of humanitarian and security aid, paused assistance programmes to Niger valued at more than $100 million over the military takeover, pressing the junta to reinstate the elected government.

I am not sure if these count as "broad sanctions". I don't think that 'broad sanctions' is a term of art in foreign policy, but when foreign policy articles/website use those two words in sequence, they seem to mean sanctions that restrict trade with an entire economy. See here, here, here. Merely pausing some assistance seems relatively narrow.

The sanctions ECOWAS applied to Niger are what I'd call "broad", they include "all commercial and financial transactions".

@jacksonpolack It seems pretty clear to me that broad sanctions means making most trade with the country illegal, similarly to what the US has in place for Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, Russia and North Korea

@jacksonpolack @Shump no way. It’s implied in the fact that this was in thr 40s already that those counties are not the model for this. Those happen once per decade basically. $100mm in Niger is a lot of fucking money I think.

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@jacksonpolack You are correct. Withdrawing aid does not count as broad sanctions. What ECOWAS did would count, were the US to do it.

Gabon sanction last week also.

@BTE the article is about sanctions on individuals, though?

@AnT Doesn’t really matter. The sanctions below on Niger were broader. I just shared this to show how likely it is.

Has this not happened yet in Niger??

To confirm, you are asking if there will be any new countries the US sanctions, correct (e.g. increasing sanctions on Russia/Belarus/Iran/etc does not count)? Also, whole countries (not individuals)?