US Treas Sec Yellen said some further proposed sanctions on Russia difficult to enact

  • Because some potential steps lack international consensus and present risks to the global economy

Wall Street Journal (may be gated) reporting on remarks from

  • committed to providing an additional $500 million to help Ukraine pay general government expenses, adding to the roughly $500 million the U.S. already provided in nonmilitary aid to Ukraine.
  • On further sanctions, Ms. Yellen said that some of them—such as a ban of Russian energy imports by European countries—would be difficult to enact. European countries are far more reliant than the U.S. on Russian energy.

Yep, nothing surprising in these remarks.

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