Inside Trade

October 11, 2025

Warren, Shaheen say Trump wrongly abandoned Russia export controls

By Brett Fortnam  / August 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the top Democrats on the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs and Foreign Relations committees, say in a new staff report that the White House has abandoned the use of sanctions and export controls to hinder Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and refused to enact stronger restrictions on Russian oil exports. “If Trump is serious about ending the war in Ukraine, he should start using the tools he already has,” Warren said in...

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