The United States Prepared Sanctions against Turkey for S-400 purchase

Trump's administration has prepared three sets of actions with varying degrees of pressure. The plan needs Trump’s approval. Next week the White House may introduce a package of sanctions against Turkey, which has purchased Russian S-400, reports Bloomberg citing a source on Saturday, July 13. President Donald Trump’s team has settled on a sanctions package to punish Turkey for receiving parts of a Russian missile defense system and plans to announce it in the coming days, said people familiar with the matter. The administration chose one of three sets of actions devised to inflict varying degrees of pain under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, adopted in 2017. The plan needs Trump’s approval. One of the people said the intention is to announce the sanctions late next week. The administration wants to wait until after Monday’s anniversary of a 2016 coup attempt to avoid fueling further speculation that the U.S. was responsible for the uprising, as Erdogan’s loyalists have claimed. It is noted that the plan was developed after days of discussions between officials at the State and Defense departments and the National Security Council. Korrespondent.net