oren_z0 on Nostr: Sanctioning a country is telling everybody not to do business with that country, ...

Sanctioning a country is telling everybody not to do business with that country, monopolizing the market.
He’s only saying that the USA won’t import from that country.
The USA does not have a monopoly on consumption. His assumption that the other side will bend over is wrong.

A voluntary exchange of money for products benefits both sides, and blocking it hurts the buyer as much as it hurts the seller.