FOREIGN POLICY/SUDAN/TRUMP EXEC ORDERS: ” ‘Allowing Additional Time for Recognizing Positive Actions by the Government of Sudan and Amending Executive Order 13761’
The order comes in relation to a 1997 executive order issued by Bill Clinton, which named Sudan an ‘unusual and extraordinary threat to national security’ for its support of terrorism, attempts at destabilizing regional governments, and serious human rights violations. The original order imposed a number of sanctions on Sudan, including a halt of all import and export deals with the country.
President Trump’s new order is issued a day before a deadline proposed in a relatedexecutive order issued by the Obama administration, which pointed out that Sudan had since taken positive actions to address the issues cited in Clinton’s order and called for a reevaluation of the punitive sanctions. Obama’s order instructed relevant government bodies to ‘provide to the President a report on whether the Government of Sudan has sustained the positive actions’ on or before July 12, 2017.
Trump’s order extends the deadline for the report to October 12, 2017 to allow for ‘additional fact-finding and a more comprehensive analysis of the Government of Sudan’s actions.’ It also revokes a section of Obama’s order requiring the same report to be updated annually and made available to the public.”
-Avalon Zoppo, Amanda Proenca Santos, and Jackson Hudgins, “Here’s the Full List of Donald Trump’s Executive Orders,” NBC News, Oct 17, 2017 11:58am