“Washington declared a willingness to impose duties to 100% for imports from China and India, but emphasized that such measures will be taken only in the case of joint actions by the European Union. Source: Financial Times with reference to three officials who are aware of the details: according to the publication, Trump has made this request during a meeting of US and EU high -ranking officials in Washington as a step to strengthen economic pressure on Russia in connection with the war in Ukraine.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Financial Times with reference to three officials aware of the question
Details: According to the newspaper, Trump has made this demand during a meeting of US and EU officials in Washington as a step to strengthen economic pressure on Russia in connection with the war in Ukraine.
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One of the US officials stated that Washington is ready to act immediately, but only if the EU would join this decision.
“We are ready to act, ready to act right now, but we will only do it if our European partners take a step with us,” the official said.
Another official said that the US is ready to “mirror” respond to any EU tariffs against China and India.
According to US officials, Trump’s position is to sharply raise tariffs and keep them until China stops buying Russian oil.
Prehistory:
- US President Donald Trump said on Sunday, September 7, that he was ready to move to the second phase of sanctions against Russia, which suggests that he is on the verge of strengthening sanctions against Moscow or buyers of her oil through war in Ukraine.
- US Finance Minister Scott Bessent said on September 7 that the US is ready to increase pressure on Russia, if Europe.
- US Energy Minister in Donald Trump Administration Chris Wright in an interview with Financial Times stated that European countries should stop buying Russian oil and gas if they want Washington to strengthen sanctions against Moscow.