Episode description

Gideon talks to Wally Adeyemo, US deputy Treasury Secretary, about the power of US financial sanctions to punish autocrats and dictators and curb terrorism. What exactly are these sanctions designed to do and how effective are they? Clip: PBS

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Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Simon Panayi.

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

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