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The Association of European businesses (AEB) has published communiqué, which expressed dissatisfaction with the new US law on sanctions against Russia, which recently signed a us President Donald trump, losing to the decision of the Congress, said “gazety”.
The European business Association expresses its disagreement with the economic sanctions from the United States. The Association believe that business is one of the important links between States and people and the principles of free trade should not be subject to such restrictions
— from the text of the communiqué of the AEB.
The Association also appealed to the authorities of the USA, Russia and EU with a call to develop a new strategy of relations.
Urge to develop a line of conduct which would separate business from politics and to find a common, mutually acceptable solution in the spirit of peace and harmony
— excerpt from the communiqué.
The AEB unites over 500 European companies and is the main representative of foreign investors in Russia and in the Eurasian economic Union (EEU).
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