EU ambassador: Trade and Technology Council aided joint response to Russia

The U.S. and the European Union’s newly established Trade and Technology Council helped pave the way for the U.S. and other allies to coordinate on export controls directed at Russia in the aftermath of the invasion of Ukraine, EU Ambassador to the U.S. Stavros Lambrinidis said this week. "When it came to imposing export controls in Russia now … the alliance that we’d already built in this trade and technology discussion was critical in ensuring that every player that is...