What is the United Kingdoms opinion on trade embargoes?

Question

I know that on march 16th, the were backing a resolution on arms embargoes, but I have no idea what their actual position on trade embargoes in general is. Can anyone help me?

Answer 1

A trade embargo is a law or policy a state initiates which prohibits or otherwise restricts the importation/exportation of goods. Trade embargoes are typically motivated by political, economic, moral, or environmental reasons, and used as a form of protest against another country's practices. We are primarily concerned here with the controversies surrounding trade embargoes the United States has issued on certain products exported by other countries, but see in this issue broader implications concerning free trade and its effects on the sovereignty of a nation. United Kingdom usually supports the stand of US in trade embargoes.