Washington – U.S. President Donald Trump has called for the European Union to impose a 100% tariff on products from China and India, aiming to pressure those nations for their continued purchase of Russian oil and, ultimately, to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin. The request was made during a meeting with senior U.S. and EU officials in Washington on Tuesday.
According to a report by the Financial Times, cited by CNBC on Wednesday, the U.S. intends to implement similar tariffs on imports from India and china. This action follows a recent meeting between Trump and Putin in Alaska last month,which yielded limited progress toward a ceasefire in Ukraine.
“There are a lot of points that we agree on. I will say there are some important points that we have not fully achieved,but we have made some progress,” Trump stated following the meeting with Putin,offering no further details.The push for tariffs comes as Putin appears to be strengthening ties with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as evidenced by their meeting at the Shanghai Cooperation Association in beijing last week.
The U.S. has already imposed a 25% import duty on Indian purchases of Russian oil, bringing the total import duty to 50%. China, however, has avoided “secondary” tariffs after reaching an agreement with Washington to reduce new levies on its products to 30%.
Simultaneously,Trump announced via X (formerly Twitter) on tuesday night that trade negotiations with India continue in an effort to resolve trade barriers.
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