Section 221: Trade Sanctions
Section 221 (Trade sanctions) amended the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000. This Act prohibits, except under certain specific circumstances, the President from imposing a unilateral agricultural sanction or unilateral medical sanction against a foreign country or foreign entity. The Act holds various exceptions to this prohibition, and the Patriot Act further amended the exceptions to include holding sanctions against countries that design, develop or produce chemical or biological weapons, missiles, or weapons of mass destruction. It also amended the act to include the Taliban as state sponsors of international terrorism. In amending Title IX, section 906 of the Trade sanctions act, the Taliban was determined by the Secretary of State to have repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism and the export of agricultural commodities, medicine, or medical devices is now pursuant to one-year licenses issued and reviewed by the United States Government. However, the export of agricultural commodities, medicine, or medical devices to the Government of Syria or to the Government of North Korea were exempt from such a restriction.
The Patriot Act further states that nothing in the Trade Sanctions Act will limit the application of criminal or civil penalties to those who export agricultural commodities, medicine, or medical devices to:
- foreign entities who commit acts of violence to disrupt the Middle East peace process
- those deemed to be part of a Foreign Terrorist Organisation under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
- foreign entities or individuals deemed to support terrorist activities
- any entity that is involved in drug trafficking
- any foreign entity or individual who is subject to any restriction for involvement in weapons of mass destruction or missile proliferation.
Read more about this topic: Section Summary Of The USA PATRIOT Act, Title II
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