The ambassadors of the European Union did not agree to the tenth package of sanctions against Russia. The reason for this was the restrictions on Russian rubber.
This is reported by Politico.
The newspaper notes that last night the EU ambassadors did not reach an agreement on new anti-Russian sanctions. One of the controversial points was Russian synthetic rubber.
The European Commission proposes to impose sanctions on the import of rubber, but Italy and Germany opposed it, and Poland supported it.
According to Politico, Russia exported rubber worth almost $2 billion in 2021. Of this amount, the EU's share is about 700 million dollars. Some forms of rubber have already been sanctioned in previous packages, this has led to overlapping of additional revenue streams.
We will remind you that yesterday the European Commission presented the tenth package of sanctions against Russia.