Trade Relations - US administration agreed to a one-year delay of a sanctions framework [1] - The sanctions framework would have significantly increased the number of Chinese companies facing US trade restrictions [1] Government Policy Impact - China's Ministry of Commerce released a readout regarding the agreement [1]

Geopolitical Implications - The US lifted sanctions from Milorad Dodik after he stepped down as president of Republika Srpska [1]

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic appealed to the US for more time to resolve Gazprom’s control of the country’s sole refiner as the latest sanctions threaten to hit banks and card companies https://t.co/VxffUYQiWk ...

The US will exempt the German unit of Rosneft from sanctions against the Russian oil major for six months, easing short-term supply risks while putting the onus on Berlin to sort out ownership issues https://t.co/v6WCL1IDUT ...

Geopolitical Risk - U S oil sanctions pose a dilemma for the West: balancing the need to weaken Moscow's war funding with avoiding economic harm to themselves [1]

An India-bound tanker filled with Russian crude reversed course and is now idling in the Baltic Sea, a sign of potential disruption in oil trade between the two countries after the US tightened sanctions on Moscow https://t.co/Yzb1RIkRbV ...

Let me start by asking you just sort of how there's a common thread between what we're seeing in Asia. And again, that message of increased defense spending that you're conveying to to European allies. How is this part and parcel of a larger kind of foreign policy perspective that the president has.Yeah, well, first, it started with Donald Trump being elected last November and saying early on after his election that all of our allies, especially our NATO allies, needed to boost their spending to 5% of their ...

Trump will follow through and enforce harsh new oil sanctions on Russia to pressure Putin into negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war, the US ambassador to NATO said https://t.co/pOOzK6pbMa ...

Hurricane Melissa is expected to cross Jamaica and then hit eastern Cuba. You can actually see the storm preps underway in Havana and evacuations in Santiago de Guuba. >> The National Hurricane Center warning that that heavy rain could trigger catastrophic floods and landslides there.NBC News reporter Ed Augustine is following the latest from Havana for us. Ed, it's good to see you and hear you. Cuba facing constant nationwide blackouts, fuel and food shortages, even a deni fever outbreak prior to Melissa.S ...

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Russian oil company Lukoil says it is selling its international assets in response to sanctions imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump that aim to push Russia to agree to a ceasefire in its war against Ukraine. The company said in a statement that it was already talking with potential purchasers. The transactions would be carried out under a sanctions grace period that allows transactions with Lukoil until Nov. 21, and the company said it would seek an extension if necessary to c ...