In the wake of American President Donald Trump signing off on a raft of stricter sanctions adopted by the American Congress against Russia (as well as Iran and North Korea) on Wednesday 2 August, the president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, said that he was broadly satisfied that the bill had been softened by express request of the EU, but warned that the EU remained on standby to respond immediately if the sanctions ended up harming European businesses.
“I stated at the...