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Report: US moves ahead on Nord Stream 2 sanctions
By EUobserver
The US is preparing to impose sanctions on EU firms that co-finance Russia's Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Germany and companies involved in laying the pipes in the Baltic Sea, US daily The Wall Street Journal reports, citing US unnamed sources. The sanctions risk heightening tensions amid an ongoing dispute on US tariffs on German cars. The US says the pipeline poses a strategic risk of Russian energy dependence.