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U.S. President Donald Trump grudgingly signed into law new sanctions against Russia on Aug. 2, a move Moscow said amounted to a full-scale trade war and an end to hopes for better ties with the Trump administration.

Congress overwhelmingly approved the legislation last week, passing a measure that conflicts with the Republican president's desire to improve relations with Moscow.

It has always been useful to check the Greek-American print media as an alternative insight into U.S. and Greek relations. Some with a publishing life more than a century old, have enough professional aptitude, giving us useful information to complete the puzzle.

Germany wants to make progress in its presidency of the Group of 20 leading economies on improving free and fair trade and will try to get broad agreement on open markets at next month's leaders' summit, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on June 20.

She cautioned, however, that this might not be easy with U.S. President Donald Trump who has made waves with his protectionist rhetoric.

Since taking charge as the US president on January 20, Donald Trump and his administrations have blamed former President Barack Obama for various problems. President Trump is no exception as there is a worldwide tradition of new administrations blaming past head of the governments for their problems.

The U.K. said on Feb. 24 that it had seen "disturbing evidence" that Syrian Kurds are coordinating with the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad and the Russian air force.

Vujacic, who was involved in forming the Serbian caucus in the US in 2004, downplayed the importance of the letter sent on the eve of Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic's visit to Washington.

He told BIRN on Thursday that such caucuses are transparent informal parliamentary groups of US Congressmen or Senators who gather in relation to a country or a specific issue.