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Yellen: U.S. will levy sanctions against Iran over attack on Israel
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Among the most obvious remaining options is aggressively expanding sanctions on Chinese firms that have bought large quantities of Iranian crude oil exports, which have provid...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Ukraine's allies keep hitting Russia with more sanctions — and Russia keeps finding ways around them
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Sanctions have, to some extent, "achieved an economic shock to Russia," said Rachel Ziemba, an adjunct fellow at the Centre for New American Security who tracks the impacts of...
By Rachel Ziemba
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US sanctions oil tankers, targeting Iranian funding for Russian, Houthi arms
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The measures are targeted to Iran's involvement with regional terror groups and Russia's military supply chains, said Rachel Ziemba, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a ...
By Rachel Ziemba
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US designates Houthis as a global terrorist group, but plans big sanctions carveouts
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Even if a transaction is not flowing through the US financial system, large banks that operate throughout the world often take US designations into account, said a second seni...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Commodities 2024: Global crude supplies seen giving Biden wiggle room on oil sanctions
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US gasoline prices in 2024 will be a factor in any Biden administration decision to tighten oil-related sanctions in an election year when prices at the pump could sway voters...
By Rachel Ziemba
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How a Yemeni rebel group is creating chaos in the global economy
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Some countries may feel the impact directly, such as the cash-strapped government of Egypt, which earns more than $9 billion a year from Suez Canal transit fees. But given the...
By Rachel Ziemba
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China courts Saudi Arabia as part of its de-dollarisation strategy
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“I think this swap is one of several tools that China is using to increase their role in the global economy, or at least to signal their interest for that to happen,” says Rac...
By Rachel Ziemba
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US Treasury sanctions companies, tankers for violating G7-led price cap on Russian crude
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The new sanctions are a part of the shift that the US took towards enforcement of the price cap in October, and they may lead G7 companies to become more reluctant to trade wi...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Will Saudi, UAE accession transform BRICS?
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But major differences between the founding BRICS countries and new potential members will probably significantly impact the bloc’s future. Rachel Ziemba, an Adjunct Senior Fel...
By Rachel Ziemba
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War sanctions against Russia highlight growing divisions among the Group of 20 countries
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“It's a combination of different factors that I think that makes it difficult for the G20 to work in concert in a way that they did in the past," said Rachel Ziemba, an adjunc...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Why is Russia’s ruble dropping in value?
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Rachel Ziemba, follows sanctions and the Russian economy at the Center for New American Security. Russia, she said, “hiked interest rates sharply, and they also imposed capita...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Jump in Economic Sanctions Spurs Boom in ‘Murky Trade’
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“Some of what we’ll continue to see is one-off, ad-hoc arrangements,” said Rachel Ziemba, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. “This makes it co...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Feeling left out: northern Ontario junior miners want more critical minerals funding
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Rachel Ziemba is a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, a think tank based in Washington, D.C. She said there is an increasing recognition of how important...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Saudi Arabia’s digital dream: Silicon Valley for the Middle East
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Rachel Ziemba, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security in Washington, says: “Saudi Arabia has a lot of ambitions. But as we’ve seen around the world...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Sanctions on Russian Bank Raise Questions About ‘sanctions-proofing’ in Gulf
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Rachel Ziemba, a sanctions expert at the Center for a New American Security, told Middle East Eye the bank was “ahead of the curve" in establishing itself in the UAE, to take ...
By Alex Zerden & Rachel Ziemba
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Latam FX Rises against Softer Dollar, Vale Weighs on Brazil’s Bovespa
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The IMACEC economic activity index of the world's largest copper producer still ended 2022 in negative territory as it faced a slowdown after a rapid post-pandemic recovery. T...
By Rachel Ziemba
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U.S. and China Pledge to Talk More to Avoid Worsening Tensions
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The Biden administration has kept in place a set of tariffs imposed under President Donald Trump and confronted Beijing over what it sees as human rights abuses, unfair trade ...
By Rachel Ziemba
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EU Edges Closer to $60-per-Barrel Russian Oil Price Cap
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Mnuchin told CNBC during a panel in November at the Milken Institute’s Middle East and Africa Summit that the price cap was “not only not feasible, I think it’s the most ridic...
By Rachel Ziemba
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What’s the Effect of Europe’s Planned Price Cap on Russian Oil?
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Rachel Ziemba, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security think tank, said “this will be an interesting few weeks and few months”. “Russia has made is ...
By Rachel Ziemba
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The Gulf Briefing: Swapping Petrodollars for Assets
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Gulf sovereign wealth funds strategy evolved, though. It has shifted from a preference for “portfolio funds” that buy numerous small stakes in a lot of companies to “investing...
By Rachel Ziemba
