Weaponizing the Dollar with Adam Smith

The black letter law and references in this episode are: Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control https://www.treasury.gov/about/organizational-structure/offices/Pages/Office-of-Foreign-Assets-Control.aspx 50 USC Trading With the Enemy Act of 1917 (TWEA) https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2011-title50/pdf/USCODE-2011-title50-app-tradingwi.pdf 50 USC Chapter 35 International Emergency Economic Powers (IEEPA) https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/chapter-35 Continuation of a National Emergency for North Korean Activities https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/06/21/continuation-national-emergency-respect-north-korea North Korea Sanctions https://www.state.gov/e/eb/tfs/spi/northkorea/index.htm UN Resolution 2375 on North Korea http://unscr.com/en/resolutions/doc/2375 A Fact Sheet on UNR 2375 https://usun.state.gov/remarks/7969 Continuation of a National Emergency for Venezuelan Actions https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/13/notice-continuation-national-emergency-respect-venezuela Venezuela sanctions https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/08/25/presidential-executive-order-imposing-sanctions-respect-situation BNP Paribas Sanctions Fine https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bnp-paribas-settlement-sentencing/bnp-paribas-sentenced-in-8-9-billion-accord-over-sanctions-violations-idUSKBN0NM41K20150501 ZTE Sanctions Fine https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/zte-corporation-agrees-plead-guilty-and-pay-over-4304-million-violating-us-sanctions-sending Economy described as critical infrastructure by DHS https://www.dhs.gov/financial-services-sector Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017 (Incl. Section 216 the Russia Sanctions Review Act of 2017) https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr3364/BILLS-115hr3364ih.pdf Ukraine Freedom Support Act https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-113publ272/pdf/PLAW-113publ272.pdf https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/OFAC-Enforcement/Pages/20170825.aspx Global Magnitsky Act https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s284/BILLS-114s284rfh.pdf Federal Register Report on the Magnitsky Act https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/06/20/2017-12791/global-magnitsky-human-rights-accountability-act-report Myanmar Sanctions Program https://www.state.gov/burma-sanctions/ JCPOA full text https://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/documents/world/full-text-of-the-iran-nuclear-deal/1651/ Iran Treasury Sanctions https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/pages/iran.aspx President Trump announces he will not recertify the JCPOA https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/13/trump-will-refuse-to-certify-iran-nuclear-deal-in-strategic-shift.html Corker-Cardin Bill, Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s615/BILLS-114s615rs.pdf To learn more about Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, visit www.gibsondunn.com