Liz Rosenberg quoted in The Economist article, “Donald Trump Uses Sanctions More Keenly Than Any of His Predecessors”

"What has driven this surge in sanctions? According to Marshall Billingslea, an assistant secretary in the Treasury department, the growth reflects Donald Trump’s innovative 'financial statecraft.' Certainly, they seem an ideal tool for Mr Trump, who wants to put foreigners under lots of pressure but is reluctant to send troops or bombers to do the job. 'Sanctions are perceived to be an option for when words aren't good enough but war is too much,' says Elizabeth Rosenberg, of the Centre for [...]

2019-12-02T07:50:48-05:00November 24, 2019|Economy & Trade|

Liz Rosenberg quoted in The Wall Street Journal article, “U.S. Sanctions Compliance Weighs on Nonfinancial Companies”

“‘In financial services, people are very accustomed to these sanctions,’ Ms. Rosenberg said. ‘There’s a lot of existing knowledge about what it means to have sovereign debt restrictions, correspondent banking restrictions.’ “‘But when there are new measures that go at nonfinancials—which is an expressed goal of this administration, for example, in the shipping industry, other manufacturing areas—that is a new compliance challenge for many industries, who haven’t seen this kind of measure being handed out before, and who may not have, [...]

2019-12-02T08:01:32-05:00November 19, 2019|Economy & Trade|

Liz Rosenberg quoted in The Atlantic article, “The Trump Administration Has Only One Move”

"If U.S. sanctions turn out to be mostly symbolic, 'that would be a relatively minor economic or diplomatic cost worth bearing for Turkey to advance its military objectives in the region,' Elizabeth Rosenberg, who worked on sanctions policy in the Obama administration and is now at the Center for a New American Security..." Read the full article here: Full Article

2019-10-18T14:16:06-04:00October 16, 2019|Economy & Trade|

Liz Rosenberg quoted in Business Day article, “Aggressive U.S. Campaign Against Iran Creates Rift with Europe”

"Elizabeth Rosenberg, a U.S. sanctions specialist, says sanctions are 'a sideshow to a threat of military escalation and all-out conflict.' They fuel a narrative focused on Iran rather than the US — and the fact that Trump blinked when he called off a retaliatory military strike after the Iranians admitted to having downed the U.S. drone..." Read the full article here: Full Article

2019-10-18T14:19:59-04:00October 14, 2019|Economy & Trade|

Liz Rosenberg quoted in The Wall Street Journal article, “New U.S. Sanctions on Iran Set Back French Mediation Efforts”

“Tying Iran’s oil sales so directly to those groups will act as a further deterrent to anyone still involved in Iranian oil exports, including tankers, the insurance industry, brokers, banks and even ship captains, analysts said. “'It is clearly meant to tarnish Iran’s image and oil sales by linking it to support for terrorism and regional destabilization,' said Elizabeth Rosenberg, a former top Treasury sanctions official now a senior fellow at the Center for New American Security..." Read the full article [...]

2019-09-19T14:26:05-04:00September 4, 2019|Economy & Trade, News|

Liz Rosenberg quoted in NPR article, “Iran Under Sanctions: A Scramble for Cancer Care and Blame to Go Around”

"'There are so many sanctions and they are so complex and they cover so many entities in Iran, especially in the financial sector, it's very difficult to find legal, viable, credible, efficient business counterparts in Iran for international businesses to do business with,' says Elizabeth Rosenberg, a former Treasury Department sanctions official. "Even if Western companies do find Iranian business and banking counterparts, Rosenberg says, there's no telling what can happen along the supply chain. 'Now most of the big [Iranian] [...]

2019-09-03T16:53:47-04:00August 24, 2019|Economy & Trade, News|

Liz Rosenberg quoted in The Associated Press article, “Trump Wields Sanctions Hammer; Experts Wonder to What End”

"Although many administrations have relied on sanctions, Trump has used them with zeal at a cost to the U.S., said Liz Rosenberg, the director of the Energy, Economics and Security Program at the Center for a New American Security. She was a senior adviser to one of Mandelker’s predecessors at Treasury during the Obama administration. "Where the U.S. once coordinated with Europeans on issues such as counterterrorism and nuclear nonproliferation, Trump’s sanctions are often one-sided and do not prioritize partnerships, Rosenberg [...]

2019-08-26T15:51:46-04:00August 18, 2019|Economy & Trade, News|

Liz Rosenberg cited in Reuters article, “China Continued Iran Oil Imports in July in Teeth of U.S. Sanctions”

“Elizabeth Rosenberg, an expert on sanctions with Center for a New American Security, a Washington-based think-tank, said if oil changes hands and even if it is then put in storage, the buyer would then be violating sanctions...” Read the full article here: Full Article

Liz Rosenberg quoted in Bloomberg: “U.S. Gains in Fight With Chinese Banks Over North Korea Sanctions”

"Elizabeth Rosenberg, a former Treasury official and a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, in Washington, cited the standard. 'You have to engage in activity that violates sanctions,' she said, 'and is reviewed and passes the legal sufficiency test of agencies of the U.S. government." Read the full article here: Full Article

2020-04-07T17:32:44-04:00June 25, 2019|Economy & Trade|
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