{"id":35609,"date":"2018-06-29T06:06:21","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T11:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=35609"},"modified":"2018-06-29T06:06:21","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T11:06:21","slug":"trump-firmly-in-the-twilight-zone-threatens-nord-stream-2-with-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=35609","title":{"rendered":"Trump Firmly In the Twilight Zone: Threatens Nord Stream 2 With Sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Trump Firmly In the Twilight Zone: Threatens Nord Stream 2 With Sanctions<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Trump’s vise on the EU started with steel, progressed to cars, then to Iran, and now to a gas pipeline vital to the EU.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n
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The story of the day, not discussed in mainstream media, involves Nord Stream 2, a gas pipeline between Russia and the EU. The feature image is from Gazprom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Gazprom says “The new pipeline, similar to the one in operation, will establish a direct link between Gazprom and the European consumers. It will also ensure a highly reliable supply of Russian gas to Europe<\/em>.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Some suggest the EU is unwise to depend on Russia. That is nonsense. Why?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Free trade stops wars!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Regardless, it is the EU’s decision to make, not Trump’s, and the deal is already underway.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Gazprom, Partners Invest \u20ac4.8 Billion Nord Stream 2 Construction<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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TASS, the Russian news agency reports Gazprom, Partners Invest \u20ac4.8 Billion Nord Stream 2 Construction<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Believe that? Why not? There is no dispute from the EU.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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My point is the investment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Russia\u2019s gas producer Gazprom and its Nord Stream 2 partners have invested a total of 4.8 bln euro in the project on natural gas pipeline construction as of the end of June, Chief Financial Officer of Nord Stream 2 AG, the operator of the pipeline construction, Paul Corcoran told journalists on Thursday.<\/p>\n

“We have received 96% of the pipes, we have concrete coated 55% of those pipes and we mobilized vessels for the pipelines. So we are quite well prepared on track and on time for the project,” CFO added.<\/p>\n

The Nord Stream 2 pipeline is expected to come into service at the end of 2019.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Stop It All Says Trump<\/strong><\/p>\n

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