Share this page!

Natasha Bertrand Profile picture
Twitter logo
8 Jan, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Sources familiar with the sanctions options said the administration is prepared to impose a range of significant trade restrictions on Russia should it invade Ukraine, including export control measures that could hamper its defense and aviation sectors. cnn.com/2022/01/08/pol…
Through the Foreign-Produced Direct Product Rule that the US has also imposed against Chinese tech company Huawei, the Biden administration is weighing banning exports to Russia of microelectronics —think computer chips—designed with US software or produced using US equipment.
Officials stressed that in the event of an invasion the US will go straight for high-impact targets, explicitly drawing a contrast with the response in 2014. Unlike then, the administration is prepared to adopt a "start high, stay high" approach with regard to Russian targets.
As we reported yesterday, the admin has held intensive discussions in recent days and weeks about how the US and allies can avoid collateral economic damage from these kinds of penalties if they’re imposed: cnn.com/2022/01/07/pol…

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Natasha Bertrand

Natasha Bertrand Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @NatashaBertrand

Natasha Bertrand Profile picture
28 Sep 21
"The fact that the Afghan army we and our partners trained simply melted away, in many cases without firing a shot, took us all by surprise, and it would be dishonest to claim otherwise," Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin tells Senators.
Gen. Milley: "A reconstituted Al Qaeda or ISIS with aspirations to attack the United States is a very real possibility. And those conditions...could present themselves in the next 12 to 36 months. That mission will be much harder now but not impossible."
Milley says with respect to the Chinese calls, "The calls on 30 October and 8 January were coordinated before and after with [then-Defense Secretary] Esper and acting Secretary Miller's staffs and the interagency."
Read 6 tweets
Natasha Bertrand Profile picture
30 Aug 21
Breaking: Pentagon announces completion of withdrawal from Afghanistan.
The last C-17 left Hamid Karzai Airport at 3:29 p.m, Gen. McKenzie says.
No Americans were on the last flights out, McKenzie says. As of earlier today there were still around 250 left in the country.
Read 4 tweets
Natasha Bertrand Profile picture
26 Aug 21
"We will hunt you down and make you pay," Biden says to perpetrators of the attack and those who wish to do harm to the U.S.
"I've also told my commanders to attack ISIS-K assets and we will respond with precision, at our time, at a place that we choose, and the moment of our choosing. Here's what you need to know. These ISIS terrorists will not win," Biden says.
"I've instructed the military, whatever they need, if they need additional force, I will grant it," Biden says. But he says his officials subscribe to the mission as designed.
Read 4 tweets
Natasha Bertrand Profile picture
17 Aug 21
New: US personnel destroyed passports of some Afghans when they were getting rid of sensitive materials at the US embassy in Kabul in preparation for a full evacuation, according an update that Rep. Andy Kim’s office is sharing with people who request assistance w/evacuations.
Rep. Tom Malinowski said that the US will have to come up with ways to verify the identity of Afghans whose passports were burned. “We are going to have to take people without passports and vet them in other ways, like with their phone numbers for example. 1/
In many cases we know their contact information and their phone numbers and that is how we will have to identify them. Any Afghans braving the trip to the airport will not have wanted to go there with identifying documents, anyway,” Malinowski told CNN.
Read 4 tweets
Natasha Bertrand Profile picture
17 Aug 21
NEW: DoD officials say they urged State for weeks to act faster. State officials say they were operating based on intel that suggested they had more time. Intel officials insist they long predicted possibility of rapid Taliban takeover. Blame game begins: cnn.com/2021/08/17/pol…
Also new: An intel assessment produced within the last month assessed that the Taliban were pursuing a total military victory in Afghanistan, despite ostensibly negotiating for peace in Doha and as the administration continued to express confidence in those talks.
In response to criticisms, a WH official said the NSC held 36 deputy and principal level meetings on Afghanistan between April 13 and last weekend that were focused on over-the-horizon counterterrorism planning, special immigrant visas for Afghans, and embassy security.
Read 5 tweets
Natasha Bertrand Profile picture
2 Aug 21
NEW: Inside the State Department frustration is rising among rank-and-file staffers and diplomats over what multiple officials say has been a tepid response to Havana Syndrome incidents by the department. Blinken has not yet met with any victims. cnn.com/2021/08/02/pol…
Fear of the mysterious illness is impacting diplomats' career decisions, sources say, with some foreign service officers deciding against taking jobs that they worry could make them targets of the unexplained phenomenon that has already sickened hundreds of US officials.
The impact of the health incidents is not isolated to seasoned diplomats. Lindsay Bryda, who worked as an intern at the US consulate in Guangzhou in 2018, told CNN she had the first and only seizure of her life days after her internship there ended in July 2018.
Read 4 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

Like this author's thread?

Get emails when @NatashaBertrand has new unrolls!

Check out other threads from @NatashaBertrand!

Read all threads by @NatashaBertrand

:(