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The limits of an American embargo against allies

A hypothetical US blockade against allies opposing communism in the Caribbean is doubted, while an embargo remains possible but difficult to enforce through Atlantic trade.

Question

Would the United States embargo allies who were preventing communism from gaining a foothold in the Caribbean?

Short answer

An actual blockade is considered unlikely; an embargo remains possible, although trade across the Atlantic and back would complicate it.

Notes

A blockade is considered unlikely in this hypothetical dispute with allies active against communism in the Caribbean. An embargo remains a possibility. Goods moving across the Atlantic and back would make such restrictions harder to enforce. The particular countries and measures are unspecified in the surviving question.