Escalation of EU Energy Sanctions: The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Packages

... Petrochemical (also blocked by the EU), Shandong Haixin Port, and Shandong Jingang Port (for accepting vessels carrying Russian oil). The United States, for its part, imposed so-called secondary tariffs—additional duties on purchases of Russian oil—against India on August 6, 2025. So far, secondary sanctions against Chinese and Indian companies, as well as secondary tariffs, have hardly made a significant impact on relations between New Delhi and Beijing and Western governments. The global leaders have not taken any retaliatory measures....