UK backs maritime services ban on crude oil, refined products

The UK would support a full maritime services ban on Russian crude oil and refined products, even without US backing, ministers said in the House of Commons Feb. 25. In a business and trade subcommittee discussing the UK’s trade sanctions regime, Esther Blythe, the UK’s deputy director for Russia and Belarus sanctions, said that the government is in discussions with the EU over a maritime servicesThe UK would support a full maritime services ban on Russian crude oil and refined products, even without US backing, ministers said in the House of Commons Feb. 25. In a business and trade subcommittee discussing the UK’s trade sanctions regime, Esther Blythe, the UK’s deputy director for Russia and Belarus sanctions, said that the government is in discussions with the EU over a maritime servicesRead More