Russia Scales Back Agricultural Ban, Allows Imports of Some Tariff Lines
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev relaxed the recent Russian agricultural ban on Western imports. The country will now permit “hatchlings of salmon and trout as well as seed of potatoes and seed of onion, sugar maize hybrid for planting and…
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peas for planting,” Reuters reported (here). The ban has heightened tensions between Russia and Western countries that imposed sanctions in response to alleged Russian destabilization of Ukraine, but retaliatory options are unclear (see 14081417). The Aug. 20 order was published in Russian.