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File AR/SB-858 Class open bloc Accessioned 21 February 2026

European Union

Declassified

Imposed the first restrictive measures in its history against the United States: an asset freeze, a port ban, an insurance ban, and a payment ban.

Also: EU · Brussels · the Union

In the record

  1. 20 January 2026 Europe freezes the dollarTwenty-seven member states invoke Article 215 against the issuer of the reserve currency. Treasury holdings, F…
  2. 27 January 2026 The first sanctions ever placed on the United StatesPorts, insurance, payments, designations. Hungary abstains and refuses to implement. Estonia records that the …
  3. 2 February 2026 The maritime blacklistSixty-four pages designate forty-two logistics firms and pull the insurance out from under the Arctic sealift.…
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