U.S. plans to revoke Russia favored trade status as White House warns Putin may seize companies' assets

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Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have called on Biden to revoke what is formally known as 'permanent normal trade relations' with Russia.

President Biden will announce Friday that the U.S., the European Union and the G7 countries will move to revoke Russia's"most favored nation" trade status over its invasion of Ukraine, a source familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.

Mr. Biden's move comes as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have called on him to revoke what is formally known as"permanent normal trade relations" with Russia. It would allow the U.S. and allies to impose tariffs on Russian imports.that the Biden administration is receiving reports that"Russia may be considering seizing the assets of U.S. and international companies that have announced plans to suspend operations in Russia or to withdraw from the Russian market.

She said that the possible Russian retaliation would"ultimately result in even more economic pain for Russia" and"compound the clear message to the global business community that Russia is not a safe place to invest and do business."

 

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We should already have

Russia's losses are already greater than in all their previous wars of the XXI century together. Only Putin will not stop it Ukrainians need help: weapons and effective sanctions against Russia the war crimes of the Russian army must be punished

Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!

Can any of you LiberalMedia look into this?

This shows that US does not want to end war, by imposing restrictions is just pouring OIL in the war...no war can end by bombs & bullets...war will only effect Common citizens...stop blaming other's. If anyone points finger at others, 3 fingers are pointing to themselves

Joe is a weak leader, a day late, dollar short.

Stop giving visas to Russians. Import of fascism is unacceptable. Retweet please

If the Biden administration does not give strong support to the Ukrainian military, I will vote for the republican candidate in the presidential election in 2024. i worked for Biden and the democrats in the 2020 election. Ukraine StopPutin StopWar

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