Frequently wielding sanctions and putting pressure on other countries, the US government has been widely criticized at home.

　　Xinhua News Agency, Washington, August 10 (Reporter Zhu Dongyang) This week, the US government frequently resorted to economic pressure on other countries, and successively announced that it would restart sanctions against Iran in the non-energy field, prohibit the export of all sensitive goods and technologies involving national security to Russia, and double the import tariffs on Turkish steel and aluminum products.

　　In addition, the U.S. government has repeatedly stated that if the above-mentioned countries fail to agree to the conditions proposed by the United States, the United States may take a more severe pressure action in the second stage. The frequent use of sanctions and tariffs by the U.S. government to pressure other countries has caused widespread criticism in the United States.

　　The New York Times quoted Chad Bowen, a senior researcher at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, an American think tank, as saying that this behavior of the United States has sent a "disturbing" signal to the world.

　　Eswar Prasad, an economist at Cornell University, said in an interview with the media that the U.S. government’s frequent use of tariffs to resolve diplomatic disputes "set a worrying precedent".

　　Edward Price, a former spokesman for Obama’s National Security Council and Obama’s special assistant, said through social media that American consumers will pay the price for the government’s tariff punishment actions, but these actions can’t help solve the problem.

　　Dan Mahaffey, deputy director of the Center for Presidential and Congressional Studies, told the reporter that "Article 232" has become an excuse for the United States to carry out trade bullying actions under the banner of safeguarding national security, and these actions cannot protect the national security of the United States.

　　Washington post pointed out in a commentary that sanctions have replaced the foreign policy of the US government. But practice has proved that the effect of this practice is not satisfactory. The world is increasingly worried that the United States is overusing these means and neglecting important diplomatic channels such as negotiation and consultation.

　　In response to US President Trump’s claim earlier this week that he imposed sanctions on Iran for "world peace", the article quoted American scholar Daniel Larry Sen as saying to refute: "Fighting economic wars with other countries in the world does not prove that the United States wants world peace."