Economics
GOP-Led Panel Eyes Russia, Turkey Sanctions, Countering Trump
- Senate Foreign Relations panel plows through year-end agenda
- Measures could tie Trump’s hands on foreign policy initiatives
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A key Senate committee is pushing ahead with bills to sanction Turkey and Russia, along with a slew of other measures that could tie President Donald Trump’s hands when it comes to diplomacy and cultivating personal relationships with global leaders.
The hearing Wednesday by the Republican-led Senate Foreign Relations Committee comes the day after Trump met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the White House and the month after he hosted Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Washington.