Bank for an $ 8 - 9 billion loan to finance six Westinghouse Electric nuclear reactors , two sources familiar with the talks said , although a lending freeze at the trade agency threatens progress . The mega - project , the result of warming U.S.-India ties in recent years , could open up billions of dollars of further investment in India 's nuclear power sector , which was for decades shut out of the global market . India now targets a tenfold expansion in capacity to 63,000 MW by 2032 , and U.S. , French , and Russian companies are among those chasing the business .
He said Russia does n't need a new Cold War . The United States and the European Union imposed sanctions on Russia in 2014 after it annexed Ukraine 's Crimea peninsula and threw its backing to separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine . However , as Putin was delivering his speech in St. Petersburg , the EU extended some of those sanctions for another year , including measures targeting importsmovement.transportartifact.receiveimportfrom Crimea . On top of that , cruise ships from the EU can not call at ports there , in an attempt to hurt the tourism industry . When the EU first imposed sanctions two years ago , Moscow retaliated by banning imports of European meat , vegetable and dairy products , a blow to many of the bloc 's members .
There were only 320 crude oil rigs in operation in May , down from an average of 1,527 during all of 2014 , a decline of 79 percent . And even though the price of crude oil has recovered more recently to around $ 50 , the Energy Information Administration predicted in its June Short - Term Energy Outlook that oil production will continue declining until 2017 before beginning to rise again , assuming that oil prices increase as expected , and that the industry implements productivity improvements . Oil Imports & Dependency — Under Obama , U.S. reliance on importedmovement.transportartifact.receiveimportoil has been cut by more than half . As of the first quarter of 2016 , net imports were down 55 percent . In 2015 , the U.S. imported only 24 percent of the petroleum and refined products that it consumed , which was the lowest annual level of dependency on imports since 1970 .
This is why Turkey became anxious when Russia began delivering airstrikes against the IS infrastructure and destroyed more than 500 trucks with oil already . This really got on Erdogan and his company ’s nerves . They ’re importingmovement.transportartifact.receiveimportnot only oil , but wheat and historic artefacts as well . ” Bilal Erdogan denies Russian allegations Bilal Erdogan this week denied continuous Russian allegations that he and his family were profiting from the illegal smuggling of oil from ISIS - held territory in Syria and Iraq , after Russia ’s defence ministry said it had proof that the Erdogan family was benefiting directly from this trade .
China is also building up its space warfare capabilities , and last year , it advanced work on an anti - satellite missile tested in July 2014 . A section of the report on China ’s energy strategy reveals that China will remain heavily dependent on foreign oil . Sixty percent of its oil was importedmovement.transportartifact.receiveimportin 2015 , and by 2035 , Beijing will be importing 80 percent of its oil . Energy supplies are vulnerable to disruption as some 83 percent of China ’s oil currently passes through the South China Sea and Strait of Malacca . Land pipelines are being built from Russia and Kazakhstan as part of efforts to maintain a supply chain that is less susceptible to disruption .
However , Putin 's press secretary , Dmitry Peskov , denied any direct correlation , saying that it would be wrong to speak of Moscow making " demands . " Putin , he says , was just laying out in detail the backdrop against which his decision was made . Following up the importmovement.transportartifact.receiveimportban The announcement was met with approval in Russia , with most politicians seeing it as a logical step . Some expressed the opinion that the plutonium was necessary in light of the threat posed by the US .
The great and the good in America agree , because they think being part of the ten - country AU will prevent war , boost trade , help smaller nations compete with the behemoths of Europe and China , enable free movement of people , stand up to Russia , encourage scientific co - operation and ensure environmental protection . Above all , we argue , it would show the world that America is not small - minded , xenophobic , protectionist and isolationist . To this end we think the AU should — er — agree a common tariff against importsmovement.transportartifact.receiveimportfrom the poorer countries of South America and have free movement of peoples within but not from outside the union . We also think the United States should give up the dollar and use a common currency issued in central America , called the auro , sometimes known as the oreo , or if it is not ready to do that , should encourage others to use the auro , even though there is limited fiscal harmonisation , which bodes ill for the single currency . Oh , and the flag of the AU , consisting of ten radial yellow stripes on a blue background , should be prominently displayed alongside the Stars and Stripes .
In 2010 , Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren said that during the first two years of the Obama - Clinton administration , “ Israel ’s ties with the United States ” had reached “ their worst crisis since 1975 … a crisis of historic proportions . ”60 Some may recall how Mrs. Clinton betrayed Israel in the aftermath of an infamous 2010 incident where terrorist members of a Turkish organization known as the IHH — which has ties to Hamas , Al Qaeda , and the Muslim Brotherhood — participated in a six - ship flotilla of pro - Palestinian and anti - Israel activists who sailed to Gaza for the purpose of breaking Israel ’s naval “ blockade ” there . ( That “ blockade ” was , in reality , a policy whereby Israel insisted on examining all imports passing through Gaza , so as to prevent the ruling Hamas government , which has sworn its permanent allegiance to the destruction of Israel and the genocide of Jews , from importingmovement.transportartifact.receiveimportweaponry from abroad ) . The flotilla ’s lead ship was owned and operated by IHH . When its crew refused to comply with repeated Israeli demands that it submit to an inspection of its cargo , Israeli commandos boarded the vessel and were violently attacked by IHH terrorists .
2 . Falsely said , " We are now , for the first time ever , energy independent . " ( Wrote the Associated Press : “ For the first time in decades the United States gets more energy domestically than it imports , but it is not yet energy independent , as the country continues to rely on oil importsmovement.transportartifact.receiveimportfrom the Mideast and elsewhere . ” ) 3 . Falsely said , of Trump ’s talk of her emails , “ everything he just said is absolutely false . ” ( Trump made at least some correct statements , including that 33,000 emails were deleted . )
" From our perspective , the Nord Stream 2 pipeline is a fundamentally bad deal for Europe , " Biden said during a visit to Stockholm where he met with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven . " To lock in great reliance on Russia will fundamentally destabilise Ukraine , " Biden said , adding : " Europe needs diverse sources of gas . " EU states importedmovement.transportartifact.receiveimport53 percent of their energy in 2014 . A third of gas comes from Russia alone and some newer eastern members are almost entirely reliant on Moscow for energy . The EU has been seeking to reduce its dependence on Russian gas .
Republicans have been working from this hymn book since at least the impeachment of Bill Clinton . Wayne Allyn Root , one of Trump ’s introductory speakers in Vegas , was a huge hit with the crowd when he said that Obama was bringing in immigrants who wanted to hurt America and promised that Trump would prosecute both him and Clinton . Trump will “ stop the madness of purposefully importingmovement.transportartifact.receiveimportSyrian migrants and Muslim refugees into our country , ” Root said to massive applause . He cited a notoriously shaky survey that said that 51 percent of Muslims in the U.S. support Sharia and argued that “ liberal lawyers and Muslim sympathizers ” were setting current U.S. anti - terrorism policy . Continuing to list the things he said Trump would do as president , Root arrived at “ the big one”—prosecutions of Clinton and Obama :
Environmental groups and energy experts were quick to find fault with much of what Trump said . Every U.S. president from Richard M. Nixon to George W. Bush has vowed to make the country energy - independent . Yet the United States — even after a wave of shale drilling boosted U.S. domestic output by about 4 million barrels a day — still importsmovement.transportartifact.receiveimportabout half of its petroleum needs . The prospect of eliminating imports altogether is slim , although they could be reduced substantially , as has happened during President Obama ’s tenure . “ Increasing domestic energy production has economic and geopolitical benefits , but strong and smart environmental protections are needed to clean up toxic waste and clean up the air we breathe , and those should n’t be partisan issues , ” said Jason Bordoff , director of Columbia University ’s Center on Global Energy Policy .
Most troubling , however , is his prescription to " Make America Great Again " — which is to seal it off from the world by erecting walls , tearing up trade agreements , and forcing American companies to stay put . Trump may think that he 's invented a brilliant new economic approach . In fact , it is so old — and such a perennial temptation for socialist dictators — that there is an actual term for it in economic literature : importmovement.transportartifact.receiveimportsubstitution . Even in quasi - democracies like India , it has led straight to the poorhouse . But that 's not the main problem with it .
In 2016 , capital spending will focus on modernization and further investment in local supply as well as new openings . The U.S. fast - food chain , which has been present in Russia for 26 years , has steadily increased the share of local supply to 85 percent . Khasbulatov said the company hoped to achieve full localization , helping smooth out the impact of currency swings and Russia 's food importmovement.transportartifact.receiveimportban . " It 's important to localize not only food processing but also production , " he said .
But they also urged her to stop laying down conditions and caveats . " Clinton will continue to struggle to convince climate advocates that she is serious about addressing the crisis until she comes out for a full ban on fracking , " said Yong Jung Cho , campaign coordinator of grassroots groups 350 Action . As secretary of state , Clinton supported fracking as a way to reduce U.S. dependence on importedmovement.transportartifact.receiveimportenergy , and even led a push to spread shale extraction to allies in Europe to wean them off Russian gas . Her pledge in Flint to curtail the practice followed the blunt declaration against fracking by Senator Bernard Sanders , her sole rival for the nomination . Sanders ' challenge has shifted some of Clinton 's positions in the campaign , and her statement on fracking now comes closer to wider Democratic party sentiment .
As an Apple executive told The New York Times , “ We do n’t have an obligation to solve America ’s problems . ” Donald Trump is right to worry about American sovereignty . But the real threat to our sovereignty is n’t importsmovement.transportartifact.receiveimportor immigrants . It ’s global money influencing our politics . Protecting our democracy requires two steps that Trump and his leading supporters oppose :
The Netherlands , Bulgaria and the Czech Republic have followed suit with bans of their own . Other European countries , such as Germany , have very strict regulations on the practice . Fracking also has strategic implications in Europe , with US and EU officials citing concerns over dependence on oil importsmovement.transportartifact.receiveimportfrom Russia , which amount to a quarter of the continent ’s consumption . Contrary to the State Department ’s hopes , Poland never materialized as a center of the shale boom . Though there has n’t been as much regulatory pressure as in other European countries , foreign investors have pulled out due to wells not delivering as expected .
Moreover , she says this would be in violation of international trade rules and Mexico and China would respond by going to the World Trade Organization , where they would win a judgment . Or they could retaliate against U.S. goods , such as agricultural products , which would " inflict great damage . " Trump would impose tariffs on some goods from Mexico and huge penalties on importsmovement.transportartifact.receiveimportfrom China , from 25 percent to 45 percent . These countries are cheating America on trade , he charges . But trade specialists note that he could n't do this unilaterally .
“ So our missiles , even if they are standoff missiles so we ’re not putting our pilots at risk — you ’re going to kill a lot of Syrians . ” “ So all of a sudden this intervention that people talk about so glibly becomes an American and NATO involvement where you take a lot of civilians , ” she added . Clinton also noted that Syria had “ the fourth - biggest army in the world , ” along with “ very sophisticated air defense systems ” that had gotten even more sophisticated because of Russian importsmovement.transportartifact.receiveimport. The quotes from this speech were included in a list of excerpts of Clinton ’s paid speeches to Wall Street , which was attached to a January 2016 email to John Podesta , a close Clinton ally who now serves as the chair for Clinton ’s presidential campaign . WikiLeaks has published thousands of emails to and from Podesta .
For example , Clinton 's closest aides approved security clearance for Stanley Roth , a high - ranking executive at Boeing , to join diplomats on a presidential delegation to Mongolia in June 2009 . Clinton met personally with the CEO of Boeing at the State Department headquarters in February 2012 , according to a schedule made public by the State Department among her private emails . An email sent to Clinton six months later indicated Boeing executives were invited to South Africa with the Export - Importmovement.transportartifact.receiveimportBank to ink taxpayer - backed deals in Africa . Morgan Stanley An executive at Morgan Stanley enjoyed a warm welcome from Clinton in July 2009 when he reached out to schedule a meeting with her .
The new law ratifies an earlier agreement signed between the Russian Federation and the Syrian Arab Republic in August 2015 , which first authorized the deployment of Russian military forces in Syria . According to the agreement , the Russian Air Force is considered to be on Syrian territory at the request of the Syrian government , and it shall be allowed to utilize the air base at Hmeimim ( Latakia province ) and the surrounding infrastructure as necessary . The text of the agreement further states that all arms , ammunition , and equipment necessary to sustain the Russian units shall be importedmovement.transportartifact.receiveimportfree of any charge . Russian personnel and their family members are granted diplomatic immunity in the agreement , and all transport means used to ship equipment and ammunition to Syria is to be immune from inspections , searches , or impounding . The agreement also states that the Syrian government will not make any legal claims against the Russian government or the personnel of its armed forces serving in Syrian territory .
“ I do n’t need jets , F-16 -- that ’s of no use to us , ” Duterte said . “ We do n’t intend to fight any country . ” Since 1950 , the U.S. has accounted for about 75 percent of the Philippines ’ arms importsmovement.transportartifact.receiveimport, according to a database from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute . Russia and China have n’t supplied any weapons in that time , it showed . The U.S. would probably move diplomatically to prevent the Philippines from procuring a major defense system from China , according to Jon Grevatt , an defense industry analyst at IHS Jane ’s in Bangkok .
Among the recipients of that report was Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta , whose hacked emails were posted by WikiLeaks on Friday . In her remarks to Goldman Sachs , Clinton pointed to the Syrian government ’s air defense systems , and noted that destroying them would take the lives of many Syrian civilians . “ They ’re getting more sophisticated thanks to Russian importsmovement.transportartifact.receiveimport. To have a no - fly zone you have to take out all of the air defense , many of which are located in populated areas . So our missiles , even if they are standoff missiles so we ’re not putting our pilots at risk — you’re going to kill a lot of Syrians , ” she said .