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> Do you assume it's because the US is secretly manipulating EU citizens with pro-America propaganda?

No, but there absolutely were IC concerns, as well as trade-integration ones between allies. Non-economic, politically-relevant factors. In that case, not necessarily all adversarial.

> because of the US imposed sanctions on Russia

We sanctioned certain Russian entities. Russia responded by seizing American and European assets. There were no U.S. sanctions on e.g. Danish beer made in Russia [1].

[1] https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/31/business/carlsberg-russia-bus...




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