INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Straits Times, that excerpts of which have been republished on an official EU website, Borrell highlights the difference between the United
The phrase used is "restrictive measures".Borrell notes, "There is a big difference between our restrictive measures and those taken by the
Our measures are not extraterritorial
We cannot ask an Indonesian company to conform to our laws
The Americans can - everybody must comply with their sanctions."He further explains, "We (the EU) consider that to be against international
We don't believe in imposing our laws on third countries."In reality, both the terms "sanctions" and "restrictive measures" have been used
unilateral measures in its sanctions regime against other countries
The United States is not the top authority on the planet
right not to comply with United States sanctions
Borrell says "everybody must comply" with United States sanctions whilst at the same time acknowledging the EU considers that "to be
against international law".On a global scale, the United States is nothing more than a country with the same status as every other country
But at the same time, Borrell is conceding that the EU is complying with measures that are against international law.As opposed to the EU,
which considers that it "must comply" with United States sanctions, a large chunk of the international community does not comply with
international organizations such as BRICS or the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), who offer an alternative multilateral model of an
allies in West Asia, with the exception of Israel, are distancing themselves from the United States Experts believe this distance in
relations is down to the fact that over the past two decades, many have realized that Washington only grows ties with countries to serve its
departs with its allies as quickly as the Afghan army collapsed in Kabul.This is what the past several decades have clearly shown
One day, the United States has a very close relationship with its "ally", the next day the relationship has been completely cut off,
strengthen its sovereignty and make its decisions independently, ignoring demands from the White House to raise the amount of money member
states pay to NATO for example
its most influential members, the UK
eurozone (member countries of the EU that have adopted the euro) entered a recession, and economists are very gloomy for the coming
months.Germany has fallen into a recession, which potentially has huge economic repercussions for the EU as a whole.The reason Germany fell
into a recession is because it can no longer depend on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines to fill its energy needs with cheap gas from
trillion cu ft) was about to operate before the Ukraine conflict broke out.Nord Stream 2 was also a project that the United States had
Germany for working with Russia on energy
about ensuring the pipeline would not be used
He said "there will no longer be Nord Stream 2
We will bring an end to it."The Ukraine war could have been easily avoided, and the EU would not be economically suffering as much as it is
now.Did the United States initiate the Ukraine war over gas? Just like it invaded Iraq over oil or similar to how the United States -led
