WaPo:

1. About 1/3 of all nations on Earth are sanctioned by the US. This disproportionately affects poor countries with over *60%* of low-income countries under US sanctions.

2. Sanctions have become a multi-billion-dollar lobbying & influence industry.

3. Biden is the president who had the highest rate of sanctions. 6000+ in 2 years.

4. Sanctions have had devastating effects on innocents, directly causing immense suffering and deaths in the millions.

5. There is very little evidence that sanctions actually work. One official noted: “nobody in government is sure this whole strategy [of sanctions] is even working.”

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