The leader of the Republican majority in In the US Senate, John Tune announced the suspension of further promotion of Senator Lindsey Graham's bill on the introduction of 500 percent duties on Russia and its trading partners.
This decision in the Upper House of Congress was made after statements by US President Donald Trump about his readiness to impose import duties against The Russian Federation in the absence of agreements on the settlement of the Ukraine.
"It seems that now the president will try to do something on his own. If at some point the president decides that this makes sense and gives him the leverage necessary to advance the bill, then we will do it. We will be ready," Politico quotes Thune.
The senator added that both houses of Congress will coordinate actions between themselves and the White House in order to be ready for action at "any moment."
Recall that on July 14, US President Donald Trump announced his readiness to impose duties on goods from the Russian Federation in the amount of 100% and secondary sanctions against countries purchasing Russian oil if no ceasefire agreement is reached between Russia and the United States within 50 days. Ukraine.
As EADaily reported, the previously well-known Russophobic senator Lindsey Graham❶ said that the new US sanctions would be Trump's "sledgehammer" that would put an end to the Ukrainian conflict.
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