21.   The U.S. sanctions will have a debilitating impact on Colombian exports, the peso and economic growth, said Fedesarrollo, in a recent report on the economy.

22.   A Foreign Ministry spokesman, who spoke on condition of anonymity, suggested additional sanctions could have a negative impact on U.S.-Japan ties.

23.   But the foreign minister of Serb-led Yugoslavia, Vladislav Jovanovic, repeated that sanctions had to be lifted first before other issues could be resolved.

24.   For history professor Tony Judt, director of the Remarque Institute at New York University and a keen observer of Austria, the sanctions had an unintended side effect.

25.   He stressed that any sanctions would have to be targeted.

26.   In Tokyo, a senior trade ministry official said the sanctions would have a serious impact on the Japanese economy, which is only shakily pulling out of recession.

27.   Indian financial planners maintain Tuesday that anti-nuclear sanctions will have only a limited effect on the nation.

28.   Indian financial planners maintained Tuesday that anti-nuclear sanctions will have only a limited effect on a nation struggling to climb out of an economic valley.

29.   It is unclear what effect new sanctions would have.

30.   James believes sanctions would have little influence on the business climate and economic development.