In this episode, host Tim O'Toole is once again joined by Melissa Burgess (Miller & Chevalier) and guest Rachel Alpert (Jenner & Block) to discuss more history of U.S. economic sanctions. As promised during episode 99, the group explores sanctions during the U.S. Civil War, plus blockades then and now. They tour the nearly 50-year history of the Office of the Alien Property Custodian (through its various iterations) and unpack its role in contrast to "The Control's" jurisdiction over blocked property in the latter years of WWII. After the team picks key developments in modern sanctions, Tim recounts a possible urban legend.

Roadmap:

• Sanctions during the Civil War and the ripple effects of blockades on international trade
• The Office of the Alien Property Custodian (APC)
• Team picks on big developments in sanctions history:
  • The UN Charter
    Confiscating and preserving property versus the modern approach to blocking property
  • Creation of blocked persons lists
  • Passage of the Berman Amendment and the evolution of how sanctions regulate communication
  • Counterterrorism sanctions and the post-9/11 expansion of list-based sanctions programs
• The night before President Kennedy signed Proclamation 3447, imposing a comprehensive embargo on Cuba

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