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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
David Connett

US vetoes G7 proposal to combat Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers

A border guard vessel in the foreground with a large ship in the background.
A Finnish border guard vessel escorts an oil tanker believed to belong to Russia’s shadow fleet away from Finland’s waters this month. Photograph: Lehtikuva/Finnish Border Guard/AFP/Getty Images

The US has rejected a Canadian proposal to establish a task force that would tackle Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” of oil tankers, according to reports last night.

Canada, which has the current Group of Seven presidency, proposed the measure ahead of a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in Quebec later this week.

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