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The Wall Street Journal: The Biden administration will review the possibility of easing US sanctions on a number of countries to help fight the Coronavirus response

2021-01-23T14:35:04.135Z


Washington-SANA The American Wall Street Journal announced that the administration of US President Joe B.


Washington-SANA

The American Wall Street Journal announced that the administration of US President Joe Biden is expected to review the current economic sanctions imposed on a number of countries and study whether they can be eased to help the global response in combating the Corona pandemic.

The newspaper said in a report today that the US Secretary of State, Treasury, and Trade, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the USAID official, will review the current US and multilateral sanctions to assess whether they impede the response to the Corona epidemic, according to one of the clauses in a national security directive issued by Biden last Thursday. .

She added that the ministers will then submit their recommendations to Biden through the National Security Adviser and the Corona Epidemic Response Coordinator in order to make any changes to the current approach in accordance with the presidential directive that focuses on American leadership in the context of the global response to the epidemic.

The newspaper pointed out that this US presidential directive comes after an attempt by the US Treasury Office to monitor foreign assets last year to clarify humanitarian aid exemptions for US sanctions during the Corona crisis.

The newspaper pointed out that the Office of Foreign Assets Control published last April a list of facts that highlighted, according to its expression, "exemptions and licenses for humanitarian aid and trade under the office's various programs to help countries combat Corona, including those related to Iran, Syria, Venezuela, the DPRK and Cuba."

The newspaper pointed out that according to Adam Smith, a partner in the law firm of Gibson Dunn and Crutcher LLP International, the new review could lead to clearer guidance on licensing and guidance to help facilitate the delivery of medical materials to the authorities of countries subject to sanctions.

Despite the United Nations' appeal to lift the sanctions and the unjust US blockade against many countries, including Syria, Iran, the DPRK and Cuba, in light of the spread of the Corona pandemic, the administration of former US President Donald Trump insisted on tightening them in a blatant violation of international and humanitarian laws, striking out all calls demanding that they be lifted immediately.

Source: sena

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