Sentences with phrase «lifting sanctions»

Once the US gives up on its STUPID demands over Crimea a trade of lifting sanctions in return for Russian cooperation in the Ukraine could be worked out.

«Yet by lifting the sanctions prematurely, the Council not only risks opening up the Liberian timber industry to possibly predatory logging practices before sufficient safeguards are in place but also undermines the sanctions regime as a whole.»

While House and Senate opponents could pass a resolution blocking Obama from lifting sanctions on Iran, they look unlikely to round up the two - thirds of votes in both chambers needed to override President Obama's veto.

It would curb Iran's nuclear program in return for lifting sanctions.

Lifting sanctions from Iran allows it to sell a lot of oil and gas on the European market.

Analysts believe the latest case may be another effort to engage American leadership in talks about lifting sanctions that resulted from illegal nuclear weapons tests...

Christians in Cuba worry that simply lifting the sanctions without any quid pro quo will economically strengthen Castro, providing him resources to pay the military enforcers of his police state.

Since winning majority status last year, the Conservatives have embarked on a whirlwind series of initiatives in the region, ranging from rebuilding relations with China through high - level visits, to securing an invitation to participate in the TPP, to taking initiatives on Myanmar (lifting sanctions, establishing a new embassy).

Netanyahu argued that the new files constituted proof that Iran can not be trusted, and that President Trump should scrap the nuclear deal with Iran on May 12, when he is facing a deadline imposed by US law to decide whether to keep lifting sanctions on Iran as the deal requires.

We still don't know (but presumably Mueller does) why Mike Flynn, Trump's chief foreign policy adviser during the campaign and his short - lived national security adviser, was talking during the transition to the Russian ambassador about lifting sanctions Obama had imposed in retaliation against Russia's meddling in the election.

The U.S. is exploring lifting its sanctions on Zimbabwe.

Washington said on Monday it would consider lifting the sanctions if Deripaska, who along with the company was included on a U.S. sanctions list on April 6, ceded control of Rusal.

But he said he was not too surprised when he learned that Trump had explored lifting the sanctions so early on.

The dossier said Sechin offered Page a 19 % stake in Rosneft in exchange for lifting sanctions.

Page added that he did «not directly» express support for the idea of lifting sanctions in exchange for a stake in Rosneft.

* RUSAL: The chairman of En + Group said on Wednesday he was working on implementing a plan that En + hopes will lead to the United States lifting sanctions on the company, the biggest shareholder in aluminum giant Rusal.

MOSCOW, May 2 - The chairman of En + Group said on Wednesday he was working on implementing a plan that En + hopes will lead to the United States lifting sanctions on the company, the biggest shareholder in aluminum giant Rusal.

Rusal has been considering a range of measures to try to convince Washington to lift the sanctions, which have led customers to stop buying its aluminum.

Rusal has been considering a range of measures to try to convince the U.S. Treasury Department to lift the sanctions, which have led customers to stop buying its aluminium and sent creditors scrambling to offload debt.

MOSCOW / LONDON, April 27 - Russian metals giant Rusal will overhaul its board and management in hopes of persuading the United States to lift sanctions but it may be forced to suspend aluminium exports if the plan fails, sources close to the company said.

There has been speculation about whether any collusion occurred that involved a promise to lift sanctions in exchange for Russia's meddling in the US presidential election, which some argue may have helped Trump win.

Treasury Department: Treasury lifts sanctions on Colombian professional soccer team after the Colombian government and the club severed... https://t.co/i4Xd1EGoqW

* RUSAL: Russian metals giant Rusal will overhaul its board and management in hopes of persuading the United States to lift sanctions but it may be forced to halt aluminium exports for good if the plan fails, sources close to the company said.

Trump may easily lift those sanctions later, with the contracts already signed and the foreign suppliers already having problems.

El Baqir Elnouri, General Manager, Faisal Islamic Bank Sudan on the opportunities and challenges facing Sudan's Islamic banking landscape in light of lifted sanctions.

The bank plans to complete an independent risk management review by the end of September of this year, after which the Fed will decide whether Wells Fargo has sufficiently addressed its concerns and whether to lift the sanctions.

And how worried should Iran be about US President Donald Trump's review of the nuclear deal, which lifted sanctions on Iran's oil sector in exchange for nuclear concessions?

Minsk has criticised Moscow's role in the Ukrainian crisis and edged closer to the West by convincing the European Union to lift sanctions after Lukashenko freed imprisoned opposition politicians.

FYIL the French president asked the Saudi to lift sanctions on Qatar.

the exports towards Russia suffered badly because of the sanctions, so lifting the sanction bilateraly would help the French economy, and especially the agricultural sector.

See this pdf (please note that many people in the agricultural sector in France vote for Le Pen, so announcing she will lift the sanctions will gain her more votes).

For example, if Donald Trump lifted sanctions against Russia, that would make sense.

In 1979, after Smith had tried in vain to reach an agreement with Mugabe, the British agreed to monitor the changeover to black majority rule and the UN lifted sanctions.

Beyond the impact of lifted sanctions, the slowdown in global growth, the strength of the US shale industry and the global glut of oil supply (a surplus estimated at one million bpd) continue to fuel the downward spiral of the market.

With Trump trying to lift sanctions against Russia soon after assuming the presidential role, I'm curious what reasons Trump may have for such actions?

For example, if Donald Trump lifted sanctions...

The US has not yet lifted its sanctions but could be prepared to do so soon, as the Burmese government continues to release political prisoners.

The decision to lift the sanctions against Iran came on Sunday after the international nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, said Iran had complied with a deal designed to prevent it developing nuclear weapons.

As state secretary, Tillerson could seek to lift those sanctions, which could be worth tens of billions of dollars for the company.

Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska took the first steps to reduce his influence over his commodity business as he seeks to persuade the U.S. to lift sanctions.

In two linked judgments, nine justices held by majority that the Treasury must lift sanctions against the bank, dismissing claims that its banking services facilitated Iran's nuclear programme, and said appeal courts should go into closed session only where «it has been convincingly demonstrated to be genuinely necessary in the interests of justice».

Not exact matches

Prices on the London Metal Exchange soared by a third, lifting the metal to its highest in nearly seven years, after the United States imposed sanctions this month against billionaire Oleg Deripaska and his company Rusal, the world's No. 2 aluminium producer.

In exchange, Iran received relief from sanctions, most of which were lifted in January 2016.

SINGAPORE, May 2 - Oil prices rose on Wednesday, lifted by concerns that the United States may re-impose sanctions on major exporter Iran, although soaring U.S. supplies capped gains.

U.S. President Donald Trump has until May 12 to decide whether to restore the sanctions on Iran that were lifted after an agreement over its disputed nuclear program.

Iran re-emerged as a major oil exporter in January 2016 when international sanctions against Tehran were lifted in return for curbs on Iran's nuclear programme.

Iran, a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, re-emerged as a major oil exporter in January 2016 when some international sanctions against Tehran were lifted in return for curbs on Iran's nuclear program.

President Donald Trump will decide by May 12 whether to reimpose sanctions on Iran that were lifted as part of...

Those sanctions now have been lifted and Iran has every reason to pump as much oil as it can, whatever the price.

Iran has been working to regain market share after Western sanctions over its disputed nuclear program were lifted in 2016 under a deal between the country and six major powers.