U.S. Presses Allies to Tighten Up Sanctions
U.S. Presses Allies to Tighten Up Sanctions
November 21, 2022 at 9:11 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 133 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2022/11/21/u-s-presses-allies-to-tighten-up-sanctions/
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U.S. officials are jetting around the globe in a quiet diplomatic push to get Russias major trading partners to enforce sanctions and trade controls, as exports to the country pick up after diving in the weeks following Moscows invasion of Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal reports.
The U.S. and its allies claimed early successes in their international pressure campaign, which disrupted Russias military supply chains and pitched its economy into a steep contraction.
But so-called sanctions leakagein which weak enforcement enables banned finance and trade to flowis undermining the campaign, aiding Russias economy and potentially prolonging the war, according to senior Western officials.
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