In Fall 2003, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Treasury Department issued an opinion that trade embargoes against countries such as Iran, Cuba, Iraq, Libya and Sudan prohibit publishers from editing scientific and literary manuscripts by residents of those countries and restrict other academic and intellectual collaborations. Free Speech proponents are pushing for the elimination of these restrictions.
» Treasury Department Responds to Lawsuit by Changing Its Regulations to Permit the Publication of Books & Journals from Authors in Sanctioned Countries
» Restrictions Remain on Collaborating and Editing Foreign Scripts