81. Crude oil held steady as traders awaited a United Nations vote that could impose new sanctions on Iraq because of interference with weapons inspections. 82. Despite those moves, several state and municipal authorities in the United States have imposed economic sanctions on Swiss banks. 83. Do you put new sanctions on Iran? 84. Does it still make sense to impose sanctions on Iraqis while allowing Saddam to keep out weapons inspectors? 85. European nations have joined with Japan in recent weeks in criticizing the U.S. unilateral sanctions on Japanese autos. 86. Failure to do so triggers a review that could result in reimposition of U.N. sanctions on Serbia. 87. Europe, Canada and Mexico have denounced the act, because it places sanctions on many non-American companies and their executives for investing in Cuba. 88. Federal and state regulators imposed embarrassing sanctions on the bank that took it to task for lax supervision and weak controls on money laundering. 89. Finally, NATO could tell the Serbs that if they agreed to this land swap the sanctions on them would be lifted. 90. Five protesters interrupted the hearings by unfurling posters of children and shouting that Albright was causing malnutrition by imposing sanctions on Iraq. |