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Economic sanctions are mainly used to

protect domestic industries from international competitors.
help domestic industries gain more business.
punish nations for disobeying international law.
encourage nations to give up their nuclear weapons.

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punish nations for disobeying international law.

Economic sanctions are primarily a foreign-policy tool used to coerce or punish states for actions that violate international norms (e.g., aggression, human-rights abuses, proliferation). They can sometimes influence specific issues (like nuclear programs), but their main purpose is punitive/pressuring, not protecting domestic industries.