Announcement
28 Apr 2026
In April 2026, the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control issued an alert to financial institutions regarding sanctions risks associated with independent teapot oil refineries in China.
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Number of interventions
1
0 certainly harmful
1 likely harmful
0 liberalising
Implementation date
No implementation date
Revocation date:
No revocation date
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