WEBVTT - Daniel Tannebaum Talks Russia Sanctions

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg Audio Studios, podcasts, radio news.

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<v Speaker 2>Ukraine's president of Blosmore Zelenski says he expects a decision

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<v Speaker 2>this week by the European Union on a new sanctions

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<v Speaker 2>package on Russia. The measures the nineteenth package would be

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<v Speaker 2>expected to focus on entities in third countries like China

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<v Speaker 2>and India, but the role of the United States will

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<v Speaker 2>be key to make the measures work. Joining us now

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<v Speaker 2>to discuss Daniel Tanabam, who is global anti financial crime

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<v Speaker 2>practice leader at the consulting firm Oliver Wyman. Daniel, great

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<v Speaker 2>to see us with the with us in the Brussels

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<v Speaker 2>Radio studio. You're here in the city for an Atlantic

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<v Speaker 2>Council event that's happening later this morning, with among others,

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<v Speaker 2>the EU sanctions Envoy David O'Sullivan. So we appreciate having

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<v Speaker 2>your perspective this morning. We're talking about this nineteenth package

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<v Speaker 2>of sanctions by the EU on Russia. Is there much

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<v Speaker 2>more pressure that can be exerted by the European Union

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<v Speaker 2>at this stage on Russia and its economy?

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<v Speaker 1>There is, Stephen, and I think it's important to note

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<v Speaker 1>enforcement is a key element of any saying regime. I

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<v Speaker 1>say this is an alarm of the US government. Sanctions

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<v Speaker 1>agency enforcement has largely been lacking, not just from Europe,

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<v Speaker 1>but from the US and UK as it relates to

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<v Speaker 1>all of the earlier sanctions. There's more sanctions that can

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<v Speaker 1>be levied on third countries like India and China. Although

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<v Speaker 1>I do think there's a difference of view between the

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<v Speaker 1>US and the U on tariffing versus sanctions. My president

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<v Speaker 1>seems to have fallen off on sanctions as of Leyden

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<v Speaker 1>likes tariffs because they generate revenue, supposedly.

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<v Speaker 3>In terms of whether there is willingness in the Trump administration,

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, it's interesting that you don't think that there's

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<v Speaker 3>been enough follow through in Europe despite the concerns that

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<v Speaker 3>obviously the EU and the UK have around Russia. Is

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<v Speaker 3>there willingness?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you think?

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<v Speaker 3>Is there anything changing in the Trump administration? It all

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<v Speaker 3>does seem to depend on President Trump's attitude of Vladimir Putin.

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<v Speaker 1>Sadly it does, and I think it's important to note

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<v Speaker 1>the President has imposed absolutely zero new soundctions on Russia

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<v Speaker 1>since he's taken office. There have been sanctions on the

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<v Speaker 1>International Criminal Court, there have been sanctions on a Brazilian judge,

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<v Speaker 1>and the guy's wife. There have been no sanctions on

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<v Speaker 1>Russia in nine months, and now you have a new

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<v Speaker 1>strategy on secondary tariffs, which didn't really exist before someone

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<v Speaker 1>uttered it. I think in April or May. It is

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<v Speaker 1>a real question of what the president wants to do.

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<v Speaker 1>He's had a sanctions package drawn up on the shadow

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<v Speaker 1>fleet for months, he has not signed.

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<v Speaker 2>It yet, so what should be reached into that.

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<v Speaker 1>I think the argument that's been made is that sanctions

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<v Speaker 1>will be an impediment to a negotiation with Russia. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>then what are the missiles that keep being launched into

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<v Speaker 1>Ukraine as it relates to Russia as a continued aggression

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<v Speaker 1>increasing only since the Alaska summit. I think there is

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<v Speaker 1>a real question of why this president will not impose

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<v Speaker 1>sanctions and the Senate will not impose them without the

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<v Speaker 1>president's go ahead either.

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<v Speaker 2>Where does that leave the European Union and all of this.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got you leaders gathering in copah Hagen in a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of days. What do they do if they can't

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<v Speaker 2>seem to get the support of action that's needed out

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<v Speaker 2>of Washington.

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<v Speaker 1>I think the only positive I can glean out of

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<v Speaker 1>the last few weeks is David O'Sullivan, who I'm speaking

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<v Speaker 1>with in a few hours, was in Washington with a

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<v Speaker 1>delegation from the EU. I think about two weeks ago

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<v Speaker 1>was the first real meaningful discussion as I understand that

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<v Speaker 1>the US and Europeans have had on Russia sanctions, but

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<v Speaker 1>it means that the EU will continue to need to

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<v Speaker 1>be out in front and it really does need to

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<v Speaker 1>educate the block in how to effectively enforce and police

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<v Speaker 1>these sanctions as a meaningful reminder for companies who would

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<v Speaker 1>be on the wrong side of this regime.

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<v Speaker 3>Having said that, if you look at the date on

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<v Speaker 3>Russia's economy, I mean there are fewer petro dollars expected

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<v Speaker 3>by the Russian government and obviously their war spending is increasing,

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<v Speaker 3>so it is having some impact in terms of what

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<v Speaker 3>Moscow is managing together.

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<v Speaker 1>There's no doubt it's having an impact. However, the trade,

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<v Speaker 1>especially for oil between India, China and Russia is not insignificant,

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<v Speaker 1>and those countries have not really felt the pressure to

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<v Speaker 1>make a choice. Now China the US kind of puts aside.

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<v Speaker 1>India is the one where the US is attempted to

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<v Speaker 1>exert pressure over the last few months because it isn't

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<v Speaker 1>focused as much on a trade deal like it is

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<v Speaker 1>with China. But until you begin to get India and

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<v Speaker 1>China to kick their Russian oil habit, it is difficult

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<v Speaker 1>to really disrupt the flow of funds that they're getting

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<v Speaker 1>to finance this war in Ukraine.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you think that we're any way close to that?

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<v Speaker 2>Is there any sign that the Trump administration could move

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<v Speaker 2>towards particularly India one entity been sanctioned.

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<v Speaker 1>Look, there's never been a country and economy the scale

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<v Speaker 1>of Russias that have been sanctioned, so any thought that

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<v Speaker 1>the sanctions would so immediately impact them, we're always a

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<v Speaker 1>bit of a misnomer that it will take time. Even

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that the Europeans in this nineteenth Package are

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<v Speaker 1>willing to push up a year kicking LNG that is meaningful,

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<v Speaker 1>But it was always going to take time to isolate

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<v Speaker 1>and really impact the economy of this size, which I

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<v Speaker 1>do think you are beginning to see, judging by the

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<v Speaker 1>taxation changes you're seeing reported out of Russia.

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<v Speaker 3>In terms of what that means, I'm trying to understand

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<v Speaker 3>what this means for your clients. Then if you know

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<v Speaker 3>we're talking about the ineffectiveness, as you see it, of

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<v Speaker 3>what the EU and what the US has done against

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<v Speaker 3>Russia economically, How do your clients view then these sanctions

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<v Speaker 3>efforts and how do you advise them. Surely they would

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<v Speaker 3>be less concerned about doing business with Russia. Is that's

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<v Speaker 3>not the case.

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<v Speaker 1>So most of my clients have been out of Russia

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<v Speaker 1>for years and abandoned ship pretty quickly after the invasion.

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<v Speaker 1>Now there's a number of European clients that are still

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<v Speaker 1>operating in Russia because it's not illegal. There's certain business

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<v Speaker 1>that they can do. Now should they be doing that?

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<v Speaker 1>That's certainly the real existential question. Without enforcement that was

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<v Speaker 1>so famously done for sanctions of Asian related to Iran

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<v Speaker 1>and Libya, Cuba and North Korea for years reminding companies

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<v Speaker 1>the consequences of getting this wrong, they don't feel the

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<v Speaker 1>pressure to make that choice either, and that is where

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<v Speaker 1>Europe can really step up in administering and enforcing these

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<v Speaker 1>sanctions a lot more aggressively within the block, because that

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<v Speaker 1>stick works to make companies feel the need to make

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<v Speaker 1>a choice of things that could be on the border

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<v Speaker 1>of legality.

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<v Speaker 2>What's the key change that needs to happen on that

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<v Speaker 2>policy of the divisions among U countries as well, So

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<v Speaker 2>what will be the most effective move that leaders could

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<v Speaker 2>decide on now, Well, some of.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a maturity issue. I mean, European sanctions haven't been

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<v Speaker 1>that big a deal historically until this invasion in twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty two. I don't take for granted the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>in the US we've had the Office of Foreign Assets Control,

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<v Speaker 1>a singular agency task with administering and enforcing sanctions. There

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<v Speaker 1>is no equivalent in Europe. There's no equivalent in any

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<v Speaker 1>European country. The UK is the only other country that

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<v Speaker 1>has an equivalent. So it's a maturity of governments beginning

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<v Speaker 1>to figure route who is on point to really enforce

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<v Speaker 1>these sanctions, and then getting on with it, essentially,