The European Union intends to pressure third countries to improve trade monitoring to block the transfer of military-use technologies and goods to Russia, Bloomberg reported on March 11. The bloc says shipments from the EU and the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations to countries including Turkey, Kazakhstan, the United Arab Emirates, and others have surged since sanctions and export controls were imposed on Russia over its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. In recent weeks, the United States has also been pressing these countries to prevent the transfer of restricted items to Russia. To read the original story by Bloomberg, click here.
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