Allseas, the

Allseas, the Swiss-Dutch company laying the pipe, stopped work Friday, hours after President Trump signed a bill sanctioning companies working on the line. Two days earlier, U.S. Senators Ted Cruz and Ron Johnson sent a letter to Allseas CEO Edward Heerema, saying the sanctions bill was “passed specifically to immediately halt your company’s work on Nord Stream 2.” They added: “The consequences of your company continuing to do the work for even a single day after the President signs the sanctions legislation would expose your company to crushing and potentially fatal legal and economic sanctions.”