U.S. Sanctions on Russia Still Loom After Putin-Witkoff Meeting
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at looming U.S. sanctions on Russia, the White House doubling its tariff rate on India, and Colombia and Peru fighting over a ...
Tag: U.S. Economic Sanctions
How to Get the U.S.-India Relationship Back on Track
U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision last week to impose a 25 percent tariff on India, along with unspecified penalties for its purchases of Russian oil, has brought bilateral trade negotiations ...
What the Next Round of Sanctions Against Russia Should Look Like
Recent news reports suggest U.S. President Donald Trump may finally have overcome his seeming unwillingness to level additional economic sanctions on Russia. Faced with the reality that at the current ...
Why Oil Sanctions No Longer Work
In June, as the bombs were falling on Tehran, a curious thing happened: Iran’s crude oil exports briefly spiked. Despite being bombed, Iran was not deterred from shipping oil—nor were ...
EU, U.K. Target Russia With ‘Unprecedented’ Wartime Sanctions Package
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at heavy European sanctions against Russia, renewed sectarian violence in Syria, and U.S. President Donald Trump approving massive foreign aid cuts. Stemming ...
Trump Threatens Secondary Tariffs Against Russia’s Trade Partners
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the United States threatening secondary tariffs against Russia’s trade partners, the European Union’s response to Trump’s tariffs, and the death of Nigeria’s former leader. Secondary ...
Did Trump Just Lift Sanctions on Iranian Oil?
Satellite imagery often yields intriguing findings. After Israel’s surprise attack against Iran on June 13, Iranian oil firms rushed to export as much oil as possible—lifting the country’s output to ...
Europe Is Doing What Trump Won’t on Sanctioning Russia
Despite plenty of threats and ominous social media posts, the Trump administration has not taken an aggressive stance on sanctioning Russia yet. It has been more than three years into Russia’s ...
How the United States Can Win the Global Tech Race
The Trump administration has scrapped its predecessor’s sweeping export controls for advanced artificial intelligence chips, known as the AI diffusion rule. “To win the AI race, the Biden AI diffusion ...
It’s Not That Easy to Lift Sanctions on Syria
U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to end sanctions on Syria is welcome news. When the dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad fell in December, the country was one of the most heavily ...
