A boycott is a form of protest involving the refusal to engage in commercial or social relations with a particular organization, business, or country as a means of expressing disapproval or coercing change.
Internationally, restrictions upon trade and financial dealings that a country imposes upon another for political reasons, usually as punishment for following policies of which the sanctioning country disapproves.
An embargo is a government-imposed prohibition against the shipment of certain goods to another country. While most common during wartime, embargoes can also be applied for economic or political reasons.
A tariff war is an international trade conflict where nations impose counterbalancing tariff rates in retaliation to each other's tariff policies, aiming to gain trade advantages but often resulting in adverse economic consequences.
