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Following Trump’s rhetoric, the US establishment embraced the idea of secondary tariffs: a bipartisan group has introduced a package to slap a 500% tariff on imports from countries that buy Russian oil, petroleum products, natural gas or uranium. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

In line with the DoJ's disbanding of the KleptoCapture Task Force, OFAC lifted sanctions on the wife of Russian oligarch Boris Rotenberg. ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions…

This is on top of the US quietly scaling back its participation in G7 working groups covering sanctions circumvention, incl. of "battlefield items".

A Russian-German engineer is accused of secretly supplying sensitive technical information from ASML, NXP and TSMC to Russia. The stollen docs could support the setup of a basic semiconductor line capable of producing chips at 28nm-class process technology tomshardware.com/tech-industry/…

Self-sufficiency á la China. While China mimics US sanctions and export control toolkit, the US is following China's playbook on trade policy.

A bipartisan legislation is introduced to establish a fund to enforce sanctions on Russia's shadow fleet. With a nod to Trump's trade policy, any oil seized by the US would be sold and the funds over certain levels would help pay down the U.S. debt. reuters.com/markets/commod…

Parking money in America is no longer the routine, fuss-free, neutral option ft.com/content/fbe7ea…

Unsurprisingly, Russia asks the US to lift these sanctions. themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/11/rus…

The EU is embracing tariffs as an alternative to sanctions: to bypass the unanimity requirement, Brussels is considering introducing tariffs on Russian fertilizers and piped gas. ft.com/content/1c126e…

The spread of advanced military technology to disruptive regimes and non-state actors remains a pressing global security concern. As part of the #DFS2025 in Berlin, IISS–Europe will host a hybrid panel to discuss recent developments. 📆 Monday 5 May | 15:00 CEST | 14:00 BST |

➡️"IEEPA may allow tariffs, but not tariffs to address the trade deficit." ➡️ "IEEPA's "dealing with" language requires that a measure directly deal with the threat, not just create leverage for negotiations. [...] could have implications for sanctions, which also rely on IEEPA."

Ukraine has given a masterclass in how to weaponize Russia's underbelly — the EAEU — against itself. It was an asymmetrical attack in which Kyiv apparently used third-party intermediaries in the EAEU to ship drones to Russia while concealing their origin.

After Kellogg's visit to Minsk, Lukashenka released 14 political prisoners. The US seems to have been working on the Belarus track since February. The main Q is what Lukashenka got in return: sanctions relief? economic aid? nytimes.com/2025/02/15/wor…