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Newsweek |
Russia is "not on this list because sanctions from the Ukraine war have already rendered trade between the two countries as zero."
The Boston Globe |
his administration abruptly said it would suspend these higher rates for 90 days, and instead maintain a recently-imposed 10% levy on nearly all global imports.
Wall Street Journal |
President Trump said that countries who don’t reach trade deals with the U.S. before the 90-day pause elapses risk being hit with additional tariffs.
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Days after representatives cited small trade volumes between the countries, the White House offered a new justification for lack of measures against Moscow.
The Kremlin was among a handful of countries noticeably exempt from Trump’s decision to slap a 10% baseline tariff on all imports to the US, as well as higher duties on some of its biggest
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RBC Ukraine on MSNWhite House explains why new tariffs do not apply to Russia and North KoreaGlobal reciprocal tariffs announced today by US President Donald Trump have excluded a number of sanctioned countries. Among them are Russia and North Korea, according to The New York Times. A White House representative told the American newspaper on the condition of anonymity that the reciprocal tariffs presented by Trump do not apply to Belarus,
The White House on Thursday defended its decision to not include Russia, North Korea, Cuba or Belarus in the latest round of tariffs, which targeted dozens of global trading partners that were ...
Russia and North Korea were excluded from Trump's tariff list as neither country engages in meaningful trade relations with the United States.
Trump has generally taken a friendlier approach to Russia since his return to the White House. Watch: How the US stock market is reacting to Trump’s tariffs…in 45 seconds He has made ending ...
Miran has provided a potential roadmap to maintain the dollar as an international reserve currency while attempting to reduce the costs to America for it. And some observers, including Jennifer Burns, believe this plan might help explain why Trump has been so aggressive in raising tariffs on countries around the world.
The Russian Embassy in Kenya poked fun at the situation with a meme showing Russia "relaxing" while other countries "fight" due to Trump's tariffs.