Japan will be able to avoid US duties on energy imports from Russia

Japan has the opportunity to avoid high US duties on Russian gas imports as part of the so-called hellish US sanctions. This was reported on September 19 by the Japanese news portal 47news.

"The law provides for exceptions for countries where natural gas imports account for less than 15% of total Russian exports and which are working to reduce imports, and Japan is expected to be one of these exceptions," the publication says.

The main point of the "infernal sanctions" is that the United States will impose duties of up to 100% on all imports from the five largest countries, including China and India, which purchase large volumes of Russian oil and natural gas. The purpose of the law is to block the sources of financing for the Russian defense sector. According to the portal, the largest importers of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) are China, France, Hungary, Belgium and Japan itself.

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On September 18, US President Donald Trump signed a law on sanctions against Russia. The draft law resolves and expands the effect of legally established sanctions, tariffs and prohibitions against the Russian Federation.

We are talking about a bill whose main author was US Senator Lindsey Graham (listed as a terrorist and extremist in Russia). He died on July 11. The US Senate approved the document on August 7, and on September 14 it was also supported by the procedural committee of the House of Representatives of the Congress.