politics and business the beethoven north stream. the u.s. ambassador's germany threatens european companies with sanctions over the russian pipeline. to the british prime minister warns of brigs at peril ahead of tomorrow's key vote u.k.'s financial sector is already in trouble. and the engine of the world economy runs low on china surprises investors with a big drop in trade. let's do business washington's ambassador to berlin has issued a stark warning to german companies over a controversial pipeline its supply russian gas directly to germany bypassing eastern europe richard grenell reportedly wrote to several companies involved in the construction of the north stream to pipeline reminding them of u.s. sanctions on the russian energy sector but also criticized the project on social media the us has long opposed an old stream claiming it undermines european security. threat of sanctions as the media listening closely but what about all the companies that are already deeply involved in this huge european project like it's full run a north s