From private jets to easyJet. How Western sanctions have hit Russia
By Annika Burgess
After more than three years, Russia claims it has become immune to Western sanctions as the US threatens new severe measures if a ceasefire is not agreed by August 8.
US drops sanctions on Myanmar junta allies after after military chief praises Trump
By Libby Hogan
The United States has lifted sanctions on several allies of Myanmar's ruling generals and their military-linked companies in a move that has prompted concern from politicians and rights groups.
Russia must be willing to strike West, country's former president says
Dmitry Medvedev says Russia needs to be ready to respond, potentially with pre-emptive strikes, if the West escalated its involvement in the Ukraine war.
#AmericanPrestige pod welcomes Mark Weisbrot of the CEPR to discuss the economic warfare embodied in #USsanctions, how they harm civilians more than governments, and how they're facilitated by US #dollarHegemony
https://americanprestige.supportingcast.fm/listen/american-prestige-1/e218-the-human-cost-of-economic-sanctions-w-mark-weisbrot
#USpol #USforeignPolicy #economicSanctions #UShegemony
It's time for tough economic and trade sanctions on Israel in retaliation for their ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people 
#israligenocide #economicsanctions #gettoughonisrael #nonantisemitic
Thursday, May 1
Zelensky warns Russia is preparing something in Belarus under guise of military drills — ‘There’s an information war, and we’ve disarmed ourselves’ — ex-US diplomat on effects of Trump cuts — 5 explosions; Ukrainian drones strike Russian military plant in Murom — Can Russia’s war machine survive without outside aid? … and more
Sometimes, I have the suspicion that they are actually being racist, exhibiting an overly patriotic mindset in which they only want their country to dominate. They use "the decline of America" as justification for threatening other countries, employing tariffs against China as a means of control. They will use any mistake made by China to justify everything they want to do. They claimed that China implemented reciprocal tariffs, and then they used that as an excuse to increase the tariffs to 140%. I must believe that "Make America Great Again" may be a sign of one entity's maximalism. Meanwhile, China and the CCP have already told the world that they are there to prosper together, providing opportunities for other countries to develop. If they truly believe in freedom of speech, they should also listen to Chinese officials who state that "a trade war has no winner.
Imagine being a low-quality and overly narcissistic leader. "Accept our USD or feel our weapon!" Meanwhile, China says, "We have finally found ways to adapt to your market in your local currency. #EconomicInfluence #GlobalTrade #CurrencyWars #Geopolitics #InternationalRelations #TradeAgreements #GlobalEconomy #FinancialPower #DollarHegemony #EconomicSanctions #MarketAdaptation #CurrencyExchange #GlobalMarkets #EconomicSovereignty #FinancialInnovation
New U.S. Anti-Russian Sanctions Could Spell Trouble for Central Asian Economies https://timesca.com/new-u-s-anti-russian-sanctions-could-spell-trouble-for-central-asian-economies/ #AntiRussianSanctions #CentralAsia #SanctionsImpact #InternationalRelations #CentralAsianEconomies #USForeignPolicy #EconomicSanctions
#Cuba #Biden #USA #EconomicSanctions: "Cuba watchers expected that Biden would restore Obama’s raft of achievements. After all, on the campaign trail in 2020 Biden promised that as president he would “reverse the failed Trump policies that inflicted harm on Cubans and their families.”
Instead, Biden has one-upped Trump by going further than the previous administration in attacking Cuba’s tourism industry – the main engine of the island’s economy. Two years ago, the Biden State Department barred foreigners who visit Cuba from visa-free travel to the U.S. That meant that people from the United Kingdom, France, Spain and 37 other countries found out that a mere holiday in Cuba could forfeit their visa waiver, and many decided not to risk a visit to the island. Unlike the rest of the Caribbean, tourism in Cuba has not rebounded since the pandemic. European travel to the island is only half what it was before the pandemic.
The terror designation, together with more than 200 sanctions enacted against the island since Obama left office, has pulped the Cuban economy by cutting revenue to the struggling Cuban state. Economists calculate that the loss in tourism revenue resulting from the terror designation costs the state hundreds of millions dollars a year. The combined annual cost of the Trump-Biden sanctions, they say, amounts to billions of dollars a year."
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/where-to-watch-the-debateand-a-dispatch
Impact of EU sanctions on aluminum would be disastrous for Europe’s industry https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/opinion/impact-of-eu-sanctions-on-aluminum-would-be-disastrous-for-europes-industry/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #aluminium #economicsanctions #EURussiarelations #EUUkraine
