ZeroHora@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agoTrump announces 25% tariff on India and unspecified penalties for buying Russian oilapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down10 cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldusa@midwest.socialnews@endlesstalk.orgukraine@sopuli.xyzworldnews@sh.itjust.works
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minus-squareZeroHora@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 months agoBecause Trump didn’t put tariffs directly to Russia, doesn’t matter that it doesn’t make any sense to tariff someone that you sanctioned instead you pressure the countries that trade with it.
minus-squareमुक्त@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoHow much is the annual US-Russian trade at retail level?
minus-squareZeroHora@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agohttps://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/imports/russia
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·4 months agoAnd I guess they think the sanctions are just natural and there’s nothing Trump can do about them.
Because Trump didn’t put tariffs directly to Russia, doesn’t matter that it doesn’t make any sense to tariff someone that you sanctioned instead you pressure the countries that trade with it.
How much is the annual US-Russian trade at retail level?
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/imports/russia
And I guess they think the sanctions are just natural and there’s nothing Trump can do about them.