Elena Kovalenko13:43, 11.11.23
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that equipment for the Russian military is getting to Moscow bypassing sanctions.
The American government has evidence that Chinese firms are involved in the supply of equipment to the Russian army, bypassing Western sanctions.
This statement was made by US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, noting that this issue was raised during two days of meetings with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, reports Reuters .
The minister expressed concern that equipment for the Russian military is getting to Moscow in circumvention of sanctions. Yellen warned that any companies that support Russia’s military efforts could face sanctions.
“Companies should not provide material support to the Russian defense industrial sector. They will face significant consequences if they do so,” Yellen said.
She added that the US government has already imposed sanctions on a number of private firms, including in China, that are helping Russia obtain equipment, as well as some financial institutions that may facilitate these efforts.
Yellen stressed that the Chinese firms in question were private and said she was not suggesting this happened with the knowledge of the Chinese government.
(C)UNIAN 2023
and said she was not suggesting this happened with the knowledge of the Chinese government.
Even the sun does not shine in China without permission of Xi!
I wonder if she is as naive as all that. Or maybe just stupid!
She’s certainly not stupid. It’s all politics.
She’s saying we’re only sanctioning private companies, not the Chinese government. And the Chinese government isn’t going to publicly say that they encouraged those companies to supply Russia.
Larry I miss your point. If not the government that government will simply use other private companies. Does she really think the American public is do stupid?
She’s saying not to do it, but by not accusing the Chinese government, they can’t say she’s attacking them.
Extract from an article in the DT:
“Xi Jinping will travel to California next week to meet Joe Biden in a high-stakes summit where “everything is on the table”.
The Chinese president’s upcoming visit to the US will mark the second time the two men have met since Mr Biden took office.
US officials hope the face-to-face meeting could help stabilise the Sino-American relationship at a time when it is considered to be at its lowest ebb for many years.
Strained relationship between superpowers
The leaders have not met since the Group of 20 summit in Bali, Indonesia and the past year has put a strain on the relationship between the two superpowers, including a particularly sour fallout after a Chinese spy balloon was shot down by an American fighter jet off the coast of South Carolina in February.
Last month, the Pentagon released a report warning that China was expanding its nuclear arsenal, triggering fears that it could be preparing for a conflict over Taiwan.”
This will hardly be a match of intellectual equals, but Biden will have advisers keeping tabs.
I expect zero from this, so if anything does come out of it there will be a pleasant surprise.
The only positive thing that should happen is for the US to pull out of china completely. That would break its economic back, which is already quite strained. Of course, this won’t happen. But, we’ll see what will come of it. We must at least make it very costly for the shithole to support the other shithole.
We must take decisive action against those companies to make it extremely costly for helping the shithole, and, concurrently, warn Xi about the dangerous games he’s playing. Bat virus land has got a serious economic hiccup. Xi should be reminded who its largest trading partner is.