{"id":1361153,"date":"2022-03-06T14:38:27","date_gmt":"2022-03-06T19:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1361153"},"modified":"2022-03-06T14:38:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-06T19:38:31","slug":"blinken-very-active-discussions-between-us-allies-on-banning-russian-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-very-active-discussions-between-us-allies-on-banning-russian-oil\/","title":{"rendered":"Blinken: \u2018Very Active Discussions\u2019 Between US, Allies On Banning Russian Oil"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblinken-very-active-discussions-between-us-allies-on-banning-russian-oil%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1361153&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-06-at-1.08.11-PM-e1646590112448.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday the U.S. is in the midst of \u201cvery active discussions\u201d on possibly banning imports of Russian oil.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken\u2019s comments coincide with a growing bipartisan push from lawmakers to ban Russian oil imports after Russian President Vladimir Putin <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/25\/ukraine-capital-kyiv-attacked-russian-forces-missiles\/\">invaded<\/a> Ukraine. Blinken noted Sunday that the U.S. is discussing this option with its European partners, adding that it remains important to maintain \u201ca steady global supply of oil.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI spoke to the President and the cabinet, the leading members of the cabinet, about this just yesterday from Europe,\u201d Blinken said on NBC News. \u201cAnd we are now in very active discussions with our European partners about banning the import of Russian oil to our countries while, of course, at the same time maintaining a steady global supply of oil. \u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Blinken touted the actions the administration and allies have already taken with regards to Russia, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/26\/uk-european-allies-canada-remove-selected-russian-banks-swift\/\">removing<\/a> select Russian banks from SWIFT, the worldwide\u00a0financial messaging system. He said the collective <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/03\/us-new-sanctions-russian-oligarchs-elites-invasion-ukraine\/\">sanctions<\/a> have \u201chad a devastating impact on the Russian economy\u201d and offered the clearest sign to date that the U.S. may move forward with banning oil imports.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, White House press secretary Jen Psaki was repeatedly asked about this prospect during press briefings. On Thursday, she seemed to dismiss the idea, saying the U.S. doesn\u2019t \u201chave a strategic interest in reducing the global supply of energy.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/24\/joe-biden-sanctions-russia-invasion-ukraine\/\">(RELATED:\u00a0\u2018Putin Chose This War\u2019: Biden Lays Out New Sanctions Against Russia After Full-Scale Invasion)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During that press briefing, Psaki also said banning imports of Russian oil \u201cwould raise prices at the gas pump for the American people around the world because it would reduce the supply available.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her comments came one day after President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/biden-ukraine-russia-oil-imports-b2026929.html\">said<\/a> \u201cnothing is off the table\u201d when pressed about the possibility of banning Russian oil imports.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Psaki <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/596928-white-house-eyes-reducing-russian-oil-imports\">suggested<\/a> the administration was, in fact, open to the idea, telling reporters that the Biden administration is \u201clooking at options we could take right now to cut U.S. consumption of Russian energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very focused on minimizing the impact to families,\u201d she added, without detailing any specific plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday the U.S. is in the midst of \u201cvery active discussions\u201d on possibly banning imports of Russian oil.Blinken\u2019s comments coincide with a growing bipartisan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1361153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1361153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1361153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1361153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1361153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1361153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1361153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}