Chinanews, August 10, comprehensive report, on the 9th, the White House released news that US President Biden signed an executive order to launch a new round of sanctions against Belarus.
The statement stated that the entities targeted by the sanctions include the Belarusian Potash Corporation, the Belarusian National Olympic Committee, and "well-known businessmen who support the Lukashenko regime and 15 companies associated with them."
The sanctions affect people in defense, energy, potash production, tobacco, construction, transportation and related fields.
In addition, Canada has also imposed sanctions on key economic areas of Belarus.
The new round of British sanctions against Belarus includes prohibiting the purchase of Belarusian securities and the provision of loans.
The Office of the High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union announced that the European Union supports the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom in imposing a new round of sanctions on Belarus, and will continue to exert pressure on the top leaders of Belarus.
According to the news, "on the basis of EU sanctions, the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom have imposed a new round of sanctions on the Lukashenko authorities in Belarus, and we welcome this."
The EU introduced a series of new measures in June to impose targeted sanctions on the Belarusian national economy.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus issued a statement stating that it regrets that Western countries have adopted a policy of sanctions against Belarus rather than dialogue and cooperation, believing that sanctions will only be counterproductive.