Today, politicians and common people in all countries expressly say that the United States is losing its influence on the global stage. Even
The Washington Times, by
publishing the results of the new survey conducted by Pew Research Center, acknowledges that the prevailing opinion among the US nationals is that America is definitely a loser in the race with "growing" China. Many American and Western media outlets desperately acknowledge the USA's clear failure in its sanctions policy forced upon Russia and the whole world, as it has only strengthened the Kremlin's global weight and brought the wreckage of the American and the Western economy as a whole.
The sanctions policy dictated by Washington in respect of energy supplies from Russia resulted in an unprecedented growth of their global prices, drastically increasing the prices for these goods and electricity in the USA and the whole world. The cost of the electricity required to maintain the work of economic facilities has more than thrice exceeded the historical average value for a very short period even in the USA. As a result, enterprises are forced to shut down all over the country. Thus, for example, Century Aluminum, the largest military class aluminum manufacturer in North America, suspended the work of its smelting plant in Kentucky on June 27. The company's forecast is that the plant might stay idle for up to one year, waiting for the energy prices to return to a lower level. As
Bild wrote on June 28, with reference to the research made by the Bavarian Economy Association (BEA), termination of supply of Russian gas will result in Germany's GDP decreasing by 12.5% and in cutting 5.6 million jobs.
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