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US rolls back Assad-era sanctions on Syria

US rolls back Assad-era sanctions on Syria

by Lucy Pakhnyuk

The United States granted immediate sanctions relief to Syria after President Donald Trump called for a complete end to sanctions on the country. The sanctions relief was announced by the U.S. Treasury Department and State Department on May 23.

A combine loads grain into a truck during a wheat harvest in a field in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, on July 16, 2024.

Ukraine must look beyond the EU for its agricultural future

by Mark Iwashko

The end of the European Union’s tariff-free trade preferences for Ukrainian agricultural products is more than just a policy change, it’s a wake-up call. For years, the EU has served as the largest and most reliable market for Ukraine’s agricultural exports. But as Brussels rolls back preferential

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US, EU no longer coordinating enforcement of Russia sanctions, media reports.

EU sanctions chief David O'Sullivan noted that there is "no more outreach" between the two sides on sanctions evasion and that G7 cooperation has "also lost momentum" in this regard, according to an internal report from an EU ministerial meeting in Brussels on May 20, Suddeutsche Zeitung reported.
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