US is making trouble with its unilateralist approach

It is no joke to call the US the United States of Sanctions, as wielding an economic cudgel seems to be Washington's preferred means of persuasion or punishment.

On Aug 7, it initiated a first round of sanctions on Iran after it announced its withdrawal from the hard-won multilateral deal on Iran's nuclear program, and more sanctions targeting Iran's exports of oil are due to take effect in November if Iran fails to meet its demands.

One day later, it announced it was imposing sanctions against Russia in response to accusations that Moscow used a nerve agent to poison a former Russian spy and his daughter in Britain.