eurocucks could sanction pisrael for imports of diamonds and coal from russia
nah
Shooting yourself in the foot to own China
Some commentary on the article:
US President Donald Trump has said he is open to new measures targeting Russia in conjunction with the EU, after previous efforts to force President Vladimir Putin into peace talks failed.
“Force into peace” Perhaps that fundamental flaw in your logic is exactly why you failed and continue to fail
The EU secondary sanctions proposals are “very early stage”, one of the people said, and are unlikely to be adopted unless the US also targets China’s energy imports.
With Trump doing a shock test early on, the US has a good chance it might follow through. The EU is the big variable.
Secondary sanctions are controversial and would require unanimous backing by the EU’s 27 members — with Hungary and potentially Slovakia likely to oppose the move.
You know what? Credit where credit is due. I’m going to thank Viktor Orban for keeping prices low for me. No other EU politician does anything for me. Even a piece of shit can be useful.
with the two central European nations still largely dependent on gas and oil imports from Russia.
Lmao the spin from FT. The whole fucking continent is dependent on Russian gas, it just goes through the rest of the world markets first.
But the EU is reluctant to follow suit on India, as it would run counter to the bloc’s efforts to deepen trade relations with the world’s largest democracy.
More spin, framing EU efforts as a bid to build democracy (pure bs) instead of trying to counter China.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, left, and China’s President Xi Jinping, far right, watch a military parade in Beijing © KCNA/KNS/AFP/Getty
What is the relevance of this image? Just showing the boys hanging out?
Historically, western sanctions have failed to crimp China’s appetite for cheap, sanctioned crude. The US, for example, has imposed secondary sanctions on Chinese shipping companies, traders and refineries since 2019 for continuing to import oil from Iran but the measures have had little impact on the trade.
What’s supposed to be different this time?
[FT immediately switches to a new topic]
Oh, ok then. Nothing’s going to be different.
