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News Digest Item
18 Aug 2017

US sanctions would have ā€œnegligible overall impact on European marketsā€

Aurora Āé¶¹ĪŽĀė°ę Research

Even if US sanctions lead to a cancellation of the Russian-German Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and the Baltic LNG liquefied natural gas terminal projects, Europe’s import capacities are sufficient to meet demand, writes in a brief. While ā€œthe overall impact [of the sanctions] on European markets is negligibleā€, the share of Russian gas could decrease significantly if it cannot be re-routed through Ukraine, the brief shows.  

Read the brief in English .

For background, see the News Digest entries Germany and Austria say US sanction plans against Russia threaten Europe’s energy security and Merkel calls US gas sanctions against Russia ā€œirregular behaviourā€.

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