Here are the press releases by the State Department: Sanctioning Cuban Security Forces in Response to Violent Repression of Protests PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE JULY 22, 2021Share Starting on July 11, tens of thousands of Cubans in dozens of cities and towns throughout their country took […]
STATEMENTS & REMARKS Joint Statement by Secretary Janet L. Yellen and Secretary Antony J. Blinken Commending the United Kingdom’s Anti-Corruption Sanctions July 22, 2021 The United States welcomes the United Kingdom’s announcement today to impose further sanctions under its Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions (GACS) regime, which is designed to fight corruption […]
READOUT: Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo’s Roundtable Discussion with Bipartisan Former Sanctions Senior Leaders July 20, 2021 WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo led a virtual discussion with a bipartisan group of six former U.S. government sanctions leaders who served in the last three […]
PRESS RELEASES Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen to Convene a Meeting of the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets to Discuss Stablecoins July 16, 2021 WASHINGTON — Today, Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen announced plans to convene the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (PWG), in […]
Issuance of the Updated Xinjiang Supply Chain Business Advisory PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE JULY 13, 2021Share The U.S. Department of State, alongside the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, […]
PRESS RELEASES Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Advances Its Work on Proliferation Finance, Virtual Assets, Financing of Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremism, and Financial Flows Linked to Conservation Crime June 25, 2021 WASHINGTON – Today the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) concluded its fourth virtual plenary since the start […]
The US issued two of its own press releases on the coordinated sanctions imposition by the US, UK, EU and Canada – by State: Holding the Lukashenka Regime and its Enablers to Account PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE JUNE 21, 2021 The United States has taken action […]
Report Pursuant to Section 5(b) of the Hong Kong Autonomy Act Release date05/18/2021Body The Treasury Department has submitted a report to Congress pursuant to section 5(b) of the Hong Kong Autonomy Act. And here is the part of the report we care about: As of May 1, 2021, Treasury has […]
PRESS RELEASES Treasury Escalates Sanctions Against the Russian Government’s Attempts to Influence U.S. Elections April 15, 2021 WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took sweeping action against 16 entities and 16 individuals who attempted to influence the 2020 U.S. presidential election […]
PRESS RELEASES Treasury Sanctions Russian Persons in the Crimea Region of Ukraine April 15, 2021 OFAC takes action in partnership with the European Union, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated five individuals and three entities […]
