Dozens of countries have thrown up trade barriers in the past two months to protect scarce supplies of food and commodities, but experts say the policies will only exacerbate a global food crisis.
Tag: Embargoes and Sanctions
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Germany Is Preparing to Forgo Russian Gas. But a Quick Cutoff Would Hurt
“We have to be ready for it,” the German chancellor said a day after Russia quit providing natural gas to Poland and Bulgaria.
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House Passes Bill Urging Biden to Sell Seized Russian Yachts to Aid Ukraine
The measure is mostly symbolic, but the top Senate Democrat is pressing to use a coming Ukraine aid spending bill to give the president the power to liquidate the confiscated property.
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A Wider Cutoff of Russian Gas Would Hit Europe’s Economy
The euro slumped to a five-year low on worries about energy security and a slowdown in European growth.
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America’s Road to the Ukraine War
For years, the United States sent mixed signals about its interests in the country. Then Vladimir V. Putin made his move.