Friday, February 4, 2022

U.S. Warns Chinese Firms That They Will Be Facing Consequences If They Evade Any Sanctions Imposed On Moscow If Russia Invades Ukraine

U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price  

CNBC/Reuters: U.S. warns Chinese firms against helping Russia against potential Ukraine sanctions 

* The United States warned Chinese firms on Thursday they would face consequences if they sought to evade any export controls imposed on Moscow in the event of Russia invading Ukraine. 

* U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price made the remark after China’s Foreign Ministry said China and Russia had coordinated their positions on Ukraine during a meeting between their foreign ministers in Beijing on Thursday. 

* Price said Russia should know that a closer relationship with Beijing would not make up for the consequences imposed in response to an invasion. 

The United States warned Chinese firms on Thursday they would face consequences if they sought to evade any export controls imposed on Moscow in the event of Russia invading Ukraine. 

U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price made the remark after China’s Foreign Ministry said China and Russia had coordinated their positions on Ukraine during a meeting between their foreign ministers in Beijing on Thursday.

“We have an array of tools that we can deploy if we see foreign companies, including those in China, doing their best to backfill U.S. export control actions, to evade them, to get around them,” Price told a regular news briefing.  

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WNU Editor: This U.S. threat fell on deaf ears. China just signed a mega-energy deal with Russia today .... Russia And China Sign Energy Deal That Will Be Paid In Euros

On a side note. This threat came from U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price yesterday. He was noticeably absent at today's briefing .... State Dept's Ned Price absent from briefing day after heated exchange with reporter (FOX News).

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

LOL. China should've already been facing sanctions over COVID but instead we're handing them billions of dollars for test kits. China just laughs and will do as they please. There is no punishment mechanism that they fear right now. Especially with Biden and democrats in charge.

Anonymous said...

China and Russia both gave the US the middle finger today.

Anonymous said...

Price grew up in Dallas, where he graduated from St. Mark's School of Texas.

The St. Mark's School of Texas is a nonsectarian preparatory day school for boys in grades 1–12 in Dallas, Texas.

Ned's name might as well be Biff. He is not a real person, but you cane see why he fits in so well with the Beltway Bandits.