unilateral agricultural sanction

Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.

The term “unilateral agricultural sanction” means any prohibition, restriction, or condition on carrying out an agricultural program with respect to a foreign country or foreign entity that is imposed by the United States for reasons of foreign policy or national security, except in a case in which the United States imposes the measure pursuant to—

(A) a multilateral regime and the other member countries of that regime have agreed to impose substantially equivalent measures; or

(B) a mandatory decision of the United Nations Security Council.

Source

2000–present 22 U.S.C. § 7201Foreign Relations and Intercourse · Definitions · in this chapter