US President Donald Trump has waived several new Russia-related sanctions, trade restrictions, and tariffs imposed by Congress. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday that waived sweeping US sanctions and tariffs targeting Russia's energy revenues, marking a new low in Washington's ties with war-torn Ukraine. Key points and original sources are listed below.
- US President Donald Trump has waived several new Russia-related sanctions, trade restrictions, and tariffs imposed by Congress. In an executive order signed on Friday, Trump said the waiver was in the “national interest of the United States”. The waiver comes...S1
- President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday that waived sweeping US sanctions and tariffs targeting Russia's energy revenues, marking a new low in Washington's ties with war-torn Ukraine. Our correspondent Gulliver Cragg tells us more.S2