Senior German officials will seek exemptions from US sanctions on Russia to shield local businesses from hundreds of millions in estimated losses, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
Chancellor Angela Merkel and Finance Minister Olaf Scholz will ask the US administration during their visit to Washington next week to waive restrictions on German firms, the EU country’s officials told the Wall Street Journal.
Germany’s carmakers Daimler and Volkswagen and engineering giant Siemens all have ties to people featured on the US Treasury’s new sanctions list out on April 6, the publication said Wednesday.
Earlier in the month, the US Treasury Department added another …read more
Source: Al-Manar TV
