None of them are breaking local and international laws by doing so, unless a country's ruling says other countries laws supersede their own

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awesome_dude 19 hours ago | parent | next [-]

One of the key reasons that a country like the USA can enforce sanctions is that it can tell other countries that if their companies/citizens/etc break the sanctions, then the USA will put restrictions on those countries ability to trade with the USA, which is why only a few countries will trade with Iran, North Korea, and Russia

	▲	nmfisher 15 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		At some point those countries will also tire of the USA trying to tell them what to do and will tell the USA politely to fuck off. This is basically what India did with US sanctions on Russia and Iran. Given the USA has completely torched its reputation amongst allies in the space of a year, I would expect this to happen more often.
	▲	throwaway2037 17 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Exactly right. The term I use is "economic network effect". Does anyone know why does the US allows Canada to trade with Cuba? That one always stood out to me as a bit odd. My guess: Canada is the largest trade partner with the US, so the US probably has more to lose by sanctioning Canada.

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cowlevel 20 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yes, that's called a treaty, or a trade agreement. Remember all the fuss about Investor/State Dispute Settlement clauses? Most countries have them with each other by now.

	▲	awesome_dude 19 hours ago \| parent [-]
		To add to this, if the provider suspects that a customer is facilitating sanction busting, or could reasonably be expected to have foreseen it, that's enough for a discussion with lawyers...