... relations that emerged between Russia and the West after February 2022 has led to large-scale changes in the application of economic sanctions. There was a significant increase in the speed, concentration and scope at which sanctions could be applied to one country.... ... combined with more familiar sanctions instruments, including export or import bans.
It would seem that the rapid economic growth of China and the European Union should have interfered with US leadership and reduced the severity of sanctions. However, it turned out that the ...
In the context of the sanctions tsunami, Russia will have to face the good old practice of bans and “jarligs”,... .... Today they can be observed in US policy and, to some extent, in the policy of the European Union. Russia itself has largely lost its imperial heritage, becoming a nation-state... ... modern states that rely on autocracies. First and foremost, these include Russia and China. The superiority of capitalism and the market is also part of the Western identity...
... radical international political change to date, and the most difficult political choice China has yet faced
When talking about external challenges for China–Russia... ... increasingly moving towards opposing camps; economically, by global fragmentation, sanctions, and regionalization of the global economy; security-wise, by the highly dangerous... ... affects China–Europe relations since China does not Russia, contrary to what the European Union demands, putting China in a more difficult situation.
Beijing greatly...
... past year has been marked by a number of interesting trends in sanctions policy. In part, they were influenced by last year's ... ... resulted in adjustments to the policy of sanctions against Russia, China and Iran. The EU’s toolkit of restrictive measures has ... ... financial institutions.
Sanctions against China were imposed by the European Union and other US allies. Brussels has done so using ... ... sanctions has accelerated significantly. The blocking sanctions of the USA, EU, Canada, Great Britain and Switzerland fell on a number ...
Report 65/2021
Report 65/2021
The report analyses the application of foreign sanctions against Russian citizens, companies and economy sectors. It also considers global trends in the use of sanctions and restrictive measures against Russia within individual areas (the “Ukrainian package,” sanctions against pipeline projects,...
... the transatlantic relations that were seriously damaged by his predecessor. Another burning matter is a trade agreement with China: it will not end the US-Chinese economic or technological competition, but can at least help to prevent a full-fledged trade ... ... what he can do in foreign policy, the Russian dimension included. Capitol Hill will be in a position to play an active role in sanctions policy toward Russia, in the modernization of US nuclear forces, in limiting White House autonomy in matters like the ...
China-EU relations have been in free fall since China was labeled ... ... “strategic rival” of the EU
Russia’s relations with the European Union hit their lowest in 2014, as a direct result of ... ... main
tool
applied by the EU to reprehend Russia was economic sanctions and restrictions targeted at Russian
officials
and individuals.... ...
Towards Strategic Autonomy: the Role of the EU in the Growing China-USA Rivalry
President Xi pushes a cooperative agenda with the EU,...
Are We in for Epidemics of Sanctions?
The COVID-19 pandemic has given hope for international ... ... by the countries hit by the sanctions, such as Russia, Cuba and China, to the initiators of the sanctions will not make the latter ... ... policies of other major players, such as the EU, China and Russia.
European Union: Sanctions as an Alternative to Diplomacy and Weapons ... ... Huawei case was even more high-profile. It also began with accusations of supplies to Iran and could well have ended in fines....
... was the US Department of the Treasury’s truly monumental efforts to collect fines from foreign businesses for breaching US sanctions. Such fines have long become an irritating risk. Although big fines worth several hundred million or even several billion ... ... international operations. This punishment was not generally used against major global companies, but 2019 sprang a surprise, with China’s COSCO Shipping Tanker, part of the global operator COSCO Shipping, being put on the SDN List in September. The US suspected ...
Special Report for SPIEF-2019
There are several reasons why the European Union is increasingly proactive in applying economic sanctions. First, the EU has emerged as one of the largest global economies with vast ... ... sanctions.
Politically and militarily, the modern world has been multipolar for quite long. China, India, and Russia are strong centres of power in their own right and direct military... ... for violations of this kind. Wilful intent, negligence, involvement of management, refusal to come clean, inadequacy of compliance programmes and other factors are seen by...
