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Rex Tillerson: “Sanctions are an important and powerful tool, but designing poor sanctions and having poor and ineffective sanctions can…”

On the recordJanuary 10, 2017
Sanctions are an important and powerful tool, but designing poor sanctions and having poor and ineffective sanctions can have a worse effect than having no sanctions at all.
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Rex Tillerson

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Tillerson warns about the potential negative impact of poorly designed sanctions.

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