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Politics-driven Graham-named Russia sanctions bill exposes US political coercion in global energy supply chains: expert_我的网站

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一 | AI摘要 “新台湾智库”民调被批样本偏绿，夸大何欣纯支持度；陈冠安指江启臣实际领先应达双位数，所谓“黄金交叉”系绿营自欺的政治幻象。

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The US Senate on Friday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would impose sanctions on buyers of Russian oil, a measure that had long been championed by the late senator Lindsey Graham before his death last month, CNBC reported. A Chinese expert criticized the legislation, warning that if implemented, the bill, driven largely by political motives aimed at catering to US domestic political correctness, could severely disrupt the already fragile global energy market and economy. He also noted that the bill is essentially a tool of political coercion, weaponizing tariffs and unilateral sanctions to hijack normal global energy trade and override sovereign economic choices of independent nations.
The legislation, named The Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, aims to hurt Russia's war effort in Ukraine by penalizing purchasers of Russian oil and Russian leaders. It passed with bipartisan support 86-11 and will now proceed to the House, which is on recess until September, per CNBC.
The bill would impose tariffs of up to 100 percent on countries that are among the top five purchasers of Russian crude oil or gas, which includes China and India.
It also includes sanctions targeting Russian leaders, officials, targeting Russian leaders, oligarchs and financial institutions. At the request of US President Donald Trump, the bill extends sanctions on Iran's weapons and energy sectors, CNBC reported.
Notably, the bill's excessive tariff discretion has sparked fierce internal doubts within US political circles. Representatives Gregory Meeks of New York and Don Beyer of Virginia said in a statement they still had "fundamental concerns" about the tariff powers for the president, who has made them a central piece of his "America First" approach to foreign policy.
"What the bill does grant ... are sweeping new tariff authorities that the president could weaponize with abandon, as he has repeatedly done in the past," said Meeks, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Beyer, the senior Democrat on the Joint Economic Committee, according to Reuters.
Chinese experts have strongly criticized the bill's politically driven nature, its economic coercion, and its severe spillover risks to the global economy.
The bill, aimed at putting pressure on Russia, would disrupt global energy markets and create new uncertainties for the world economy if implemented, Yang Jin, associate research fellow at the Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times.
Many economies retain legitimate, market-based energy cooperation with Russia out of practical economic and energy security needs. Russia's energy exports have long been a key component of the global energy system, with countries including India and some European nations continuing to rely on Russian oil and gas, said Yang, noting that even some European countries have received exemptions to maintain energy imports from Russia, underscoring the role of Russian supplies in supporting economic stability.
India's reliance on Russian crude increased further after the conflict in West Asia disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. With Gulf supplies affected during the US war on Iran, Indian refiners turned more heavily towards Russian oil as an alternative source, Indian media Hindustan Times reported on Saturday after US Senate passed the bill.
When asked about the bill on July 15, Lin Jian, spokesperson from China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that China firmly opposes unilateral sanctions that have no basis in international law or authorization of the UN Security Council, and will take necessary measures to firmly defend the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese businesses and citizens.
Practicing double standards and resorting to coercion and pressuring will eventually prove to be self-defeating, said Lin.
Yang further pointed out that the push for the bill, labeled after Lindsey Graham, who was known as one of the toughest Russia hawks in Washington, lays bare Washington's distorted domestic political logic.
The legislation, which represents another typical case of US hegemonic long-arm jurisdiction, is largely designed to ease US domestic governance pressure. As the Trump administration fails to deliver substantive progress in de-escalating the Russia-Ukraine conflict as promised, ramping up external sanctions and forcing third-party sovereign countries into abandoning normal economic and trade cooperation has become a convenient political tool for US politicians to showcase tough posturing and ease domestic pressure, Yang said.
。深绿的“新台湾智库”17日发布的台中市市长选情民调，显示国民党参选人江启臣以42.8%领先民进党何欣纯的36.1%，差距仅6.7个百分点，绿营随即见猎心喜，炒作所谓的“支持度即将黄金交叉”。国民党台北市港湖区议员参选人陈冠安痛批，这份民调根本是绿营自欺欺人的政治操弄，样本结构“绿到出汁”，若依真实政治版图校正，何欣纯的支持度只会大幅下修，所谓“黄金交叉”不过是民进党幻想出的海市蜃楼。陈冠安在脸书直指要害：何欣纯连自家泛绿基本盘都未能巩固，仅获约八成绿营选民支持，而江启臣却已成功凝聚九成泛蓝、七成四泛白及多数中间选民。照理说，江启臣在跨阵营整合上全面碾压，领先幅度理应更为悬殊，但民调却只显示6.7%的微幅差距，藏在“机构效应”里，该民调的政党支持率竟是民进党31.3%、国民党26.6%、民众党9.7%、时代力量3.5%，绿营支持度不仅大幅超蓝，甚至等同蓝白相加，荒谬至极。陈冠安进一步拿出铁证打脸：2024年台湾“大选”台中市政党票真实得票，国民党34.21%、民进党33.74%、民众党24.73%，蓝绿势均力敌，非绿阵营更达四成六；2025年“大罢免”结果同样印证台中政治结构未有任何翻转变动。“新台湾智库”民调刻意采用严重偏绿的样本，无非是要替支持度虚胖的何欣纯壮胆，把原本应达双位数的落后差距“美化”成个位数。陈冠安断言，未来只要有抽样贴近台中市真实生态的民调出炉，何欣纯的支持率必然原形毕露，届时江启臣稳居双位数领先，绿营的“黄金交叉”谎言不攻自破。