Take steps to deny most favored nation status to russia. most favored nation status designation means two countries have agreed to trade with each other under the best possible terms. low tariffs, few barriers of trade, and the highest possible inputs allowed. president joe biden announcing new rounds of sanctions on russia this morning, including downgrading russia s trade saddest and banning imports of goods like vodka and diamonds, all attempts to put more economic pressure on russian president vladimir putin, who is now desperately trying to control what information gets through to russian citizens about the ongoing invasion of ukraine. blocking facebook last, week saying today it would also ban instagram, and look to classify parent company meta as quote, an extremist organization. the disinformation crackdown