The US government is consulting with its European allies on a potential import ban for oil from Russia. “We are now talking to our European partners and allies to look in a coordinated way at the prospect of banning the import of Russian oil,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told CNN. The debate was also about “making sure that there is still an appropriate supply of oil on world markets,” Blinken said. “That’s a very active discussion as we speak.” Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, pressure is mounting on the US government to add an import ban for Russian oil to the sanctions that …