Quote:Imposing sanctions on Russia may have made the Obama administration feel good, allow them to believe they were doing something proactive but they had little real effect. Put bluntly the trade relationship between Russia and the US is not worth enough money (no more than a few billion) for Russia to feel the pinch. To put it into context combined Russian-Sino trade is worth trillions of dollars (see below).

Improving relations with Russia will allow us to improve our trade prospects. This would not only help to invigorate the American economy but, long term, would provide us with an effective tool in the form of economic sanctions that would really bite.

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