Soviet pipeline sanctions: the European perspective. Hearing before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, Ninety-Seventh Congress, Second Session, September 22, 1982

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Three Europeans testified on how they perceived US trade sanctions against the natural-gas pipeline from Siberia to Western Europe. Committee Chairman Henry S. Reuss expressed his opinion that there was no clear legal or trade-policy basis for the Reagan refusal to participate in the pipeline, nor any criteria for lifting the sanctions. Andre Fontaine of Le Monde explored possible avenues of compromise to bring the US back into accord with the Western Alliance. Andrew Knight of The Economist argued that, while sanctions do have some leverage against the Soviet Union, the pipeline dispute offers an opportunity for Europeans to rethink their policy of easy trade and credit terms of the Eastern countries and that Europe and the US will be able to identify their common ground. Thierry de Montbrial of the French Institute for International Relations defended the pipeline and trade with the Soviet Union and urged more continuity in US foreign policy. (DCK)

• OSTI ID: 6147401
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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03 NATURAL GAS
032000* -- Natural Gas-- Transport
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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
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294003 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Natural Gas
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
ASIA
COOPERATION
EASTERN EUROPE
ENERGY SOURCES
EUROPE
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FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
HEARINGS
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
NATURAL GAS
PIPELINES
SANCTIONS
TRADE
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