Russian lawmakers presented a broad bill that would freeze the exports to the United States.
The bill, which was prepared in response to a new round of US sanctions announced last week, offers a wide range of restrictions on the import of American goods and services and can influence bilateral cooperation in such high-tech areas like nuclear energy and space exploration.
The project will be put up for vote on may 8th.
A Painful Blow
The bill, prepared by the speaker of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin, provides, among other things, restrictions or a complete ban on the import of agricultural products, raw materials, foodstuffs, alcohol, cigarettes and drugs from the United States and other countries participating in the anti-Russian sanctions.
Restrictions will also have an impact on us technological equipment and computer software.
The Russian response can cause a severe blow to the US, which has $ 7 billion of exports to Russia are lost in the amount of 17 billion dollars of goods it buys from Russia.
Machines and equipment for a hefty 43 percent of U.S. exports to Russia, followed by chemical products (16.5%), agricultural products (3.7%) and textiles (below 1%).
The ban on the import of medicines, the U.S. is unlikely to be felt in Russia.
“The share of medicines of the USA in the structure of import of pharmaceutical products does not exceed five percent,” – said the head of the company “Deloitte” Pharma registration, Oleg Berezin said Satellite.
Boeing Blues
The US air force and the creators of space rocket can be affected as at the first stages of NASA’s Atlas-in rocket boosters have RD-180 Russian enterprises Energomash.
The future of America’s giant aircraft manufacturer Boeing also hangs in the balance with the head of the budget Committee of Russia’s Federation Council Sergey Ryabukhin, saying that if the bill is passed, Russia will pull the plug on the sale of titanium in the United States.
The aviation industry is increasingly dependent of titanium as a strong, but lightweight material for use in the wing assemblies, steering wheels, hydraulic systems and other parts.
The Boeing 777 has a reported 8.5 to 12 percent of titanium in its airframe.
According to the Moscow military analyst Anatoly Tsyganok, Boeing, nearly 90 percent associated with titanium it gets from Russia.
“They, of course, there are some reserves of titanium on the left, which will last about three months, give or take. What’s next?” Gypsy asks.
If approved, this measure will also be a ban on the sale of other rare metals such as scandium, gallium, bismuth and antimony, United States largely depends on.
April 6, the U.S. Treasury Department has added dozens of Russian businessmen, companies and senior officials to its sanctions list in response to what she described as “malicious acts” of Russia around the world.
Moscow has responded to the alert response and advising Washington to “get rid of illusions” about to play in Moscow on the “language of sanctions”.
Sourse: sputniknews.com
