Moscow (Sputnik) – senior German officials will seek exemptions from the US sanctions on Russia to protect local businesses from hundreds of millions, according to estimates, the losses, the wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
Chancellor Angela Merkel and Finance Minister Olaf Scholz will ask the US administration during his visit to Washington next week to waive the restrictions on German firms, officials of EU countries, reported the “wall Street Journal”.
In Germany, the automakers Daimler and Volkswagen and technological giant Siemens of touch with the people featured on the new sanctions of the US Treasury list on 6 April, the publication said Wednesday.
Earlier this month, the U.S. Treasury Department added another 38 Russian entrepreneurs, high-ranking officials and companies to sanctions list in response to Russia’s actions, the alleged “malicious actions” around the world, ranging from the crisis in Ukraine in the 2016 election falsification.
In addition, on 15 April the United Nations Nikki Haley said the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will announce new sanctions against Russia the next day, but later media said trump has decided not to give its final approval for the measures.
A senior official of the US administration stated that sanctions were developed as part of the comprehensive plan for potential military and economic measures that trump can take against Damascus and Moscow in response to the alleged chemical attack in Douma in Syria.
Sourse: sputniknews.com
