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Biden isn't really enforcing sanctions on it. And some say Trump was Putin's pet, but his NS2 policy proves otherwise.
....maybe they are not enforcing them because they are useless so better let it slide hoping for the public to forget rather than having eggs all over their face.
The only real chance is if the US can somehow cow the Germans to abandon NS2, in that case the pipeline would run empty....so far there are no sign of it. Short of that, NS2 will be finished, Russia has clearly stated that it has the capabilities to do it for the entire supply chain...there is absolutely nothing the US can do about it, nada, zilch.
There is always a possibility of some provocation by Ukraine to trigger a Russian reaction and then point a finger "You see?? We need sanctions!!!!"...it will not work.
The good thing that came out of the combined Trump sanction-mania (well started by Obama anyway) and the COVID epidemic is that we can definitely throw in the trashcan of history the neoliberal ideas (really a misinterpretation of Adam Smith writing) of production efficiencies, to produce only what you are really good at and globe spanning supply chains. Good riddance. Nations finally learned (some of them the hard way) that self sufficiency is very important and no self respecting country will put itself under the yoke of the Washington Consensus ever again...this is what really what drives the West crazy...the emperor has no clothes.
The good thing that came out of the combined Trump sanction-mania (well started by Obama anyway) and the COVID epidemic is that we can definitely throw in the trashcan of history the neoliberal ideas (really a misinterpretation of Adam Smith writing) of production efficiencies, to produce only what you are really good at and globe spanning supply chains. Good riddance. Nations finally learned (some of them the hard way) that self sufficiency is very important and no self respecting country will put itself under the yoke of the Washington Consensus ever again...this is what really what drives the West crazy...the emperor has no clothes.
No, that's not true. Macroeconomic theory is still correct. Free market trading always beats out closed off economies. Russian growth is non existent without devaluation of their currency so they are stealing from one area to help another. Which is why it still lacks overall growth since 2014. Russia is not a case that any country would follow unless of course the country is setup to enrich the top 5%. Juche by another name...
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