The United States threatened with sanctions violators of the global economic order

The United States will impose tough sanctions against countries that violate the international economic order, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a conversation with REUTERS.

“Economic integration has been turned into a weapon by Russia,” she stressed.

According to her, now the United States is expanding trade ties with SOUTH KOREA and other allies in order to prevent possible manipulations by geopolitical rivals.

Yellen added that she was encouraged by talks with Korean colleagues about capping Russian oil prices , and announced that she would discuss the proposal to cap oil prices with senior officials in Seoul.

Setting a ceiling price for Russian oil in order to reduce Moscow's income from its sale was discussed at the summit of leaders of the G7 countries (usa, Japan, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, CANADA and France) at the end of June. The G7 leaders agreed to look for ways to limit the transportation of oil if it is sold at a price above the limit. This value "will be agreed after consultation with international partners".

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that the G7 will create a mechanism under which the ceiling will be set at about half the current price (according to the Russian Ministry of Finance, the average price of Urals oil from January to June was $ 84.09 per barrel). ). BLOOMBERG wrote that the United States and allies are discussing limit prices for Russian oil at $40-60.

The day before, US State Department spokesman Ned Price warned that China's circumvention of anti-Russian sanctions or the transfer of any weapons to Russia would cost Beijing dearly. In this case, pressure on China will be exerted not only by the States, but also by "dozens of other states" with which Washington works.

“We will be watching very closely,” the US State Department spokesman added.

Earlier, the United States warned China about the consequences of circumventing anti-Russian sanctions and threatened to impose restrictions against China itself. The Chinese Foreign Ministry emphasized that the country does not deliberately bypass the bans and only maintains normal trade relations with Moscow.

China did not join the sanctions against Russia and abstained when the UN General Assembly voted for a resolution on the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine. Even before the start of the special operation, Foreign Ministry Secretary Hua Chunying argued that Beijing does not consider unilateral sanctions to be an effective tool.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi later called Western sanctions against Russia unacceptable and noted that they could harm both sides of the conflict and those who are not involved in it.