trade boycott
Frequency: 7.56.8 per million words
a refusal to trade with a particular country or company
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- The international community imposed a strict trade boycott on the rogue nation.
- A trade boycott was initiated in response to the country's unfair labor practices.
- Negotiations are underway to lift the long-standing trade boycott between the two countries.
- The country's economy suffered greatly under the weight of the international trade boycott.
- Activists are calling for a worldwide trade boycott to protest the destruction of the rainforest.
- Historically, a trade boycott has been a powerful, non-violent tool for political change.
- Ending the trade boycott is seen as the first step towards normalizing diplomatic relations.
- The sanctions included a targeted trade boycott on all military-related equipment.
- Several nations threatened a complete trade boycott if the environmental violations continued.
- The effectiveness of the trade boycott is still being debated by economists.