The sanctions imposed on PDVSA only prohibit the company from obtaining either a U.S. export visa or money from the U.S. Import-Export Bank, as well as banning them from attempting to obtain U.S. procurement contracts.

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It may not be long before Amazon and other e-tailers export their increasingly sharp marketing models to Asia, says Visa's Perlman.

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