EU and US to coordinate sanctions more c • Table.Briefings

Washington has imposed new penalties on Russia. The next step would be to target China as well, US President Biden demanded in Brussels. At the G7 summit, he reported an initial success. There was hardly any progress in the EU.

The EU and the US want to coordinate and align their sanctions against Russia even more closely than before. This was stated by EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and US President Joe Biden in a joint statement released on Thursday on the sidelines of the EU summit in Brussels. However, no new sanctions decisions were initially expected at the summit itself.

EU and US to coordinate sanctions more closely

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