German Businesses Pen Letter to Democrat Lawmakers Urging US to Lift Sanctions on Nord Stream 2

German Businesses Pen Letter to Democrat Lawmakers Urging US to Lift Sanctions on Nord Stream 2

Washington already imposed sanctions on the Russian-German energy project late last year, tacking them on to the US National Defence Authorization Act. Now, a bipartisan group of lawmakers from both the House and Senate is reportedly looking to introduce additional restrictions against it before the end of the year.

An influential group of German businesses has written a letter to Democrat lawmakers urging them to reject sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, Germany’s Handelsblatt newspaper has reported.

“With Joe Biden’s victory in the election, there are great hopes in Germany and in German industry for a revival of the transatlantic partnership,” the letter, penned by the German Eastern Business Association, a group of around 350 German corporations operating in central and eastern Europe, reads.