Banks Seek Biden’s Aid After Trump’s 1,000-Sanctions-a-Year Pace

  • Treasury review to determine cost of sanctions for economy
  • Review expected to be complete in summer, official says

    

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Wall Street firms have urged the Biden administration to ease the industry’s burden in complying with a flood of financial sanctions the U.S. has levied in recent years as a primary tool of foreign policy toward Russia, China, Iran and other adversaries.

Financial services industry groups have asked for more transparency and flexibility to target big-money evasion of the restrictions, as the Treasury Department undertakes an exhaustive review of its sprawling sanctions programs, led by Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo.