The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has targeted senior leadership of the Kongra-Gel, designating them as significant foreign narcotics traffickers. Pursuant to the Kingpin Act, this designation freezes any assets the three designees may have under US jurisdiction and prohibits US persons from conducting financial or commercial transactions with these individuals.

The EU has updated Tariff rate quotas pertaining to the import quotas of rice. The following HTS chapter is affected: 10.