"Economic War" in Venezuela

I had actually been thinking of writing a post to sort out what "economic war" in Venezuela actually meant and how we would measure whether it was happening. I may still do so someday but in the meantime I highly recommend the exchange between David Smilde, Steve Ellner, and Chris Carlson at Venezuelan Politics and Human Rights.

My own question, which they start to get at, is where to locate the uncertain line between "economic war" and "not selling through legal channels if you can't make a profit." I am still not sure.