A European diplomat tells Guardian Washington correspondent Paul Lewis (@PaulLewis) thatA European diplomat tells Guardian Washington correspondent Paul Lewis (@PaulLewis) that there may be some daylight between the US thinking on sanctions and the EU version. “I expect we will not be 100% in line with the suggestions made by the US so far in relation to sanctions,” the source said:
In the EU there are all sorts of different views about how the problem should be tackled. We might be of the opinion that in order to keep talks with Russian open, we should not yet resort to sanctions at such an early stage.”
The source added that the consequences of imposing sanctions are less severe for the US than in the EU, which is significantly more reliant upon Russian trade and gas exports. Japan, a key member of the G8 group of western nations, is also believed to be anxious about punitive measures that could harm the wider global economy. “I expect we will not be 100% in line with the suggestions made by the US so far in relation to sanctions,” the source said:
Source: theguardian
