{"id":191181,"date":"2010-10-21T12:21:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-21T12:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/usa-relaxes-sanctions-against-sudanese-government\/"},"modified":"2010-10-21T12:21:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-21T12:21:00","slug":"usa-relaxes-sanctions-against-sudanese-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/usa-relaxes-sanctions-against-sudanese-government","title":{"rendered":"USA relaxes sanctions against Sudanese government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The United States of America has relaxed sanctions against commercial exports to areas controlled by the Government of Sudan. The US Treasury Department issued a &ldquo;statement of licensing policy&rdquo; which changed sanctions against imports into North Sudan. The new policy allows &ldquo;exportation or reexportation of U.S.-origin agricultural equipment and services&rdquo; to North Sudan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Treasury Department&rsquo;s Office of Foreign Assets Control now invites license applications and will consider them on a case-by-case basis. &ldquo;The purpose of this new licensing policy is to benefit the Sudanese people by enhancing local food production and strengthening the agricultural sector in a chronically food insecure country,&rdquo; the Treasury Department stated in the new policy.<\/p>\n<p>A delegation of Sudanese agro-business leaders and corporate executives visited Washington in January 2010 as part of a quiet ongoing liaison between the governments of President Obama and President Al Bashir. A number of US agro-business leaders were on hand, reportedly from Nebraska, a source in Washington said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, the United States has lobbied on behalf of Sudan in support of its quest for debt relief, according to Sudan&rsquo;s Finance Minister Ali Mahmoud.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat last week, the finance minister was asked what role the US played in improving Sudan&rsquo;s relations with the World Bank. He replied: &ldquo;The US representative in the World Bank presented initiatives to boost cooperation with Sudan.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Treasury Department noted that the new &ldquo;favorable licensing regime&rdquo; is &ldquo;consistent with current U.S. foreign policy.&rdquo; The new policy is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/ustreas.gov\/offices\/enforcement\/ofac\/programs\/sudan\/sudan_license_ag.pdf\">this link<\/a> in PDF format.<\/p>\n<p><!--break--><\/p>\n<div class=\"sws_supernormalaction\"><button on=\"tap:superwebshare-lightbox\" class=\"superwebshare_normal_button1 superwebshare-button-large superwebshare-button-square superwebshare_prompt superwebshare_button_svg\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color: #d52631;\" ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"superwebshare-svg\"  fill=\"currentColor\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M789.86,323.67c91.79,0,164.25-72.46,164.25-164.25S881.64,0,789.86,0S625.6,72.46,625.6,164.25c0,4.83,0,14.49,0,24.15L306.76,371.98c-24.15-24.15-57.97-33.82-96.62-33.82c-91.79,0-164.25,72.46-164.25,164.25s72.46,164.25,164.25,164.25c38.65,0,72.46-14.49,96.62-33.82L625.6,821.26c0,9.66,0,14.49,0,19.32c0,86.96,72.46,159.42,159.42,159.42s159.42-72.46,159.42-159.42s-67.63-159.42-154.59-159.42c-33.82,0-67.63,9.66-96.62,33.82L374.4,526.57c0-9.66,0-19.32,0-24.15s0-14.49,0-24.15l318.84-188.41C717.39,314.01,751.21,323.67,789.86,323.67z\" \/><\/svg><span>Share article<\/span><\/button><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States of America has relaxed sanctions against commercial exports to areas controlled by the Government of Sudan. The US Treasury Department issued a \u201cstatement of licensing policy\u201d which changed sanctions against imports into North Sudan. The new policy allows \u201cexportation or reexportation of U.S.-origin agricultural equipment and services\u201d to North Sudan. The Treasury Department\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control now invites license applications and will consider them on a case-by-case basis. \u201cThe purpose of this new licensing policy is to benefit the Sudanese people by enhancing local food production and strengthening the agricultural sector in a chronically food insecure country,\u201d the Treasury Department stated in the new policy. A delegation of Sudanese agro-business leaders and corporate executives visited Washington in January 2010 as part of a quiet ongoing liaison between the governments of President Obama and President Bashir. A number of US agro-business leaders were on hand, reportedly from Nebraska, a source in Washington said at the time.More recently, the United States has lobbied on behalf of Sudan in support of its quest for debt relief, according to Sudan\u2019s finance minister Ali Mahmoud. In an interview with the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat last week, the finance minister was asked what role the US played in improving Sudan\u2019s relations with the World Bank. He replied: \u201cThe US representative in the World Bank presented initiatives to boost cooperation with Sudan.\u201d The Treasury Department noted that the new \u201cfavorable licensing regime\u201d is \u201cconsistent with current U.S. foreign policy.\u201d The new policy is available at this link in PDF format.Photo: US Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration (left) and Presidential Advisor Ghazi Sala Al Din, the federal official in charge of the Darfur File.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>USA relaxes sanctions against Sudanese government - Dabanga Radio TV Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/usa-relaxes-sanctions-against-sudanese-government\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"USA relaxes sanctions against Sudanese government - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The United States of America has relaxed sanctions against commercial exports to areas controlled by the Government of Sudan. 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