The EU’s new focus in its sanctions efforts involves scrutinizing financial institutions that support the flow of military goods to Russia, as well as the flow of products manufactured in Southeast Asia by Western subsidiaries, according to EU Special Representative for Sanctions David O’Sullivan. “A lot of the product going through China is made by subsidiaries of western companies in Southeast Asia,” said the head of the EU sanctions committee during an event in Brussels. The EU imposed stringent sanctions on Russia for its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. “We are looking at which fin…