A major oil-producing country is unhappy about the increasingly belligerent stance of its neighbor toward an important ally. In order to coerce its neighbor into taking a more diplomatic approach, the country decides to cut the supply of oil to its neighbor by 20 percent. What type of sanction has the country enacted?
a. asset freeze
b. aid reduction
c. boycott
d. embargo
d. embargo
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