Under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, the United Nations Security Council is the only legal body in the world authorized by [[international law]] to impose economic sanctions.<ref>[https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/sanctions/information UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL]. Sanctions. un.org</ref> This stands in marked contrast to the [[neo-liberal]] [[Rules Based Order]] [[foreign policy]] of the [[United States]].
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Under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, the United Nations Security Council is the only legal body in the world authorized by [[international law]] to impose multilateral economic sanctions.<ref>[https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/sanctions/information UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL]. Sanctions. un.org</ref> This stands in marked contrast to the [[neo-liberal]] [[Rules Based Order]] [[foreign policy]] of the [[United States]], in which the [[US State Dept]] threatens and [[blackmail]]s third parties with economic sanctions who do not go along with [[US]] unilateral sanction regimes against targeted countries.