In addition to banning trade between the United States and Iran, it would also impose a secondary boycott on American trade with foreign companies that do business with Iran.
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Section 8 ( b ) ( 4 ) of the Taft-Hartley Act forbade unions from putting economic pressure ( such as a secondary boycott ) on third party employers.
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The Court's decision had the effect of outlawing secondary boycotts, violating the Sherman Antitrust Act, in the face of labor union protests that their actions affected only intrastate commerce.
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They note, correctly, that Washington has historically opposed such secondary boycotts and worry that the Senate has approved an amendment that would employ the same weapon against Iran and Libya.
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Europe " asserts its right and intention to react in defense of the EU's interest in respect to this legislation and any other secondary boycott legislation, " the communique said.
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He warned Clinton that such secondary boycotts are illegal and would whip up vast resentment in Europe toward the United States, damaging transatlantic relations just when they had greatly improved.
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The new government has said it will abolish workplaces that are restricted only to union members, stop secondary boycotts and remove the automatic right of unions to intervene in workplace bargaining.
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He warned Clinton that such secondary boycotts are illegal and would whip up vast resentment especially in Europe toward the United States, damaging transatlantic relations just when they had greatly improved.
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Traditionally, the United States has been opposed to proposals that punish foreign companies as a way of pressuring their governments to change national policy in what is called a secondary boycott.
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The European Union was outraged by the legislation, claiming that " secondary boycotts, " that is, boycotts against foreign companies for business they do outside the United States, violate international trade treaties.
