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Preference would be for United States not to impose ICC sanctions: EU spokesperson

The European Union urged the United States on Wednesday to refrain from imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court, following the Trump administration's announcement of restrictive measures accompanied by an initial six-month grace period.

Reuters WORLD
Published October 14,2026 02:35 PM
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The EU would prefer for ⁠the United ⁠States not to impose sanctions on the ⁠International Criminal Court, as the Trump administration announced earlier this month with a six-month ⁠initial ⁠grace period, an EU spokesperson said on Wednesday.

"When it comes to preferred ⁠options, our preferred option would be that the US actually doesn't ⁠go ‌forward ‌with these sanctions," ⁠the ‌spokesperson told reporters.