Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced sanctions on the International Criminal Court as an institution, cutting it off from U.S.-based financial services and technology companies and from using U.S. dollars. U.S. companies and individuals doing business with the court have six months to wind it down. The administration objects to the court's investigations into the United States and its allies, including Israel. The ICC called the move "an assault on the rule of law," and Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom issued a joint statement of strong disagreement. The Netherlands, the court's host, has discussed using the EU's blocking statute in response.