U.S. President Joe BidenWASHINGTON, Apr 9 congressional bills to suspend normal trade relations with the Russian Federation and Belarus, as well as to ban the import of Russian energy carriers in light of the situation in Ukraine, the White House said. energy supplies from the Russian Federation, as well as on the «Law on the Suspension of Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus», aimed at further tightening restrictions in the commercial sphere. Both chambers of the US Congress on Thursday voted in support of these initiatives. The first of these essentially duplicates Biden's decree, which in early March banned energy imports from the Russian Federation and new investments in the Russian energy sector. The suspension of normal trade relations, in turn, allows the US administration to impose higher duties than for other WTO member countries . This measure will be in effect until the beginning of 2024.
