Sentences with phrase «to lift the sanctions»

It's saying there is no difference because the benefits of lifting the sanctions only go to very select people.

And while lifting sanctions will open up possibilities for external financing, the country also needs international oil companies to establish activities on Iranian soil.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Second, Republicans are working on a bill to try to prevent Obama from lifting sanctions against Iran.

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.

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

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

The United States has said previously it would consider lifting sanctions if Deripaska, who holds a 48 percent stake in Rusal through his 65 percent holding in En +, ceded control of the company.

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.

For example, if Donald Trump lifted sanctions...

Exxon Mobil also has billions to gain from the US lifting sanctions on Russia, a policy that Tillerson publicly opposed.

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.

Yahoo News and NBC News reported on Thursday that State Department officials scrambled in January to push back on orders from the Trump administration to begin looking into lifting sanctions on Russia.

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

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.

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?

But Christian leaders have speculated that Sudan may be open to releasing the shipment after the US administration lifted sanctions on 12th October.

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.

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.

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.

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.

And given Donald Trump's frequent praise of Vladimir Putin, and statements saying that he would favor lifting sanctions against Russia and how Trump views NATO as being obsolete, it seems like Mr. Trump is a very close ally to Putin.

The deal immediately lifted sanctions and gave the rogue regime access to $ 150 billion, funding which John Kerry and others have been forced to acknowledge could be used to fund terrorism.

Meanwhile, The New York Times article pointed out that «During the Trump administration's first week, administration officials said they were considering an executive order to unilaterally lift the sanctions, which bar Americans from providing financing to and could limit borrowing from Mr. Gorkov's bank, Vnesheconombank.

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.

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

Reasoning Note: I'm asking as a US citizen and as a voter why the POTUS may reason for a legal decision and with regard to lifting sanctions against foreign governments and assume there's an automatic and always implicit reason why it's fine to ask why the POTUS may have a reason for something since it affects millions of citizens and since he's the commander - in - chief.

* 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.

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...

Aluminum prices have dropped 13 % from that peak as the U.S. extended the deadline for sanction compliance until October (versus June) and provided criteria for the U.S. to consider lifting the sanctions.

The European Union will lift its sanctions on Belarus, including those on Lukashenko, for four months after Sunday's vote, barring any last - minute crackdown, diplomatic sources said on Friday.

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.

The sanctions package is rooted in legislation introduced earlier this year amid concerns on Capitol Hill that Trump may seek to lift sanctions against Russia as part of a plan to forge a partnership between the two countries in key areas, such as counterterrorism.

Cardin, the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, said at the time that the measure was styled after 2015 legislation pushed by Republicans and approved overwhelmingly in the Senate that gave Congress a vote on whether Obama could lift sanctions against Iran.

But as the U.S., European Union and now Canada all lift sanctions, our businesses should support, through investment, the positive forces gaining momentum in Burma.

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.

* 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.

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.

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 on Monday, citing documents obtained from a «highly secret location» in Iran, claimed Tehran ran a secret program to build nuclear weapons, violating the terms of the Iran nuclear deal that had lifted sanctions on the country in 2015.

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