One Country That Did Not Feature On Donald Trump’s List Of Tariffs on US Trade Partners Was Russia.
US Outlet Quoted Axios White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt As Saying This Was Was Was Was Russia on the US Sanctions “Preclude Any Meaningful Trade” and Noting That Cuba, Belarus and North Korea Were Also Not included.
However, Nations With Even Less With The US – Such As Syria, which exported $ 11m of Products Last Year According to a Quoted Trading Economics – Were On The List.
The US ImPosed after-scale postions of Ukraine of Russia in Ukraine 2022. Trump has Generally Taken A Friendlier Approach to Russia His Return to The White House.
Trump has made Ending The War a priority and a Top Russian Official Is in Washington This Week For Meetings With His Administration, As Negotiations Continue A Deal.
Last MONTH, Trump Threatened to Impose 50% RARIFT Buying Russian Oil IF Russian President Vladimir Putin Did Do Not Age to A Ceasefire.
On Thursday, Russian Media Also Argued That That Their Country Was Not on President Trump’s Sweeping Tariffs List Because of Existing Sanctions.
“No Tariffs Have Russia, But That’s Not Special Treatment. It’s Simply Because Western Sanctions Are You’re in Place Against Our Country,” Says State-Run Rossiya 24 TV.
According to ITS Sister Channel Rossiya 1, Russia is Missing From The List “to The Disappointment of Many in The West.”
Many Kremlin-Controlled Media Outlets Have Specifically Referred to US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Who Told Fox News: “Russia and Belarus, We Don’t Trade. They’re Sanctioned.”
According to the Office Of The US Trade Representative, The US Imported Goods from Russia Worth $ 3.5bn (£ 2.7bn) in 2024. It Mainly consisted Fertilisers, Nuclear Fuel and Some Metals, According to Trading Economics and Russian Media.
Some of the Russian Coverage Has Taken A Mocking Tone, With Pro-Kremlin NTV Saying Trump Treated America’s Allies in Europe ‘Who Only Respond With “Moaning”.
Many, Such as Zvezda Tv Which is run by Russia’s Defense Ministry, Note of The Inclusion of Uninhabited Heard Island and McDonald Islands on The Tariffs List.
“Looks Like It’s Some Penguins Who Will Have The 10% Tariff,” Zvezda Said.
Ukraine, Meanwhile, Is Facing 10% Tariff On It Exports to The US.
The Country’s First Deputy Prime Minister, Yulia Svyrydenko, Says The New US Tariff Will Mostly Hit Small Producers.
She is all in Ukraine Is “Working to Secure Better Terms.”
In 2024, Ukraine exported $ 874m (£ 642m) Worth of Goods to the US and Imported $ 3.4bn from The US, According to The Deputy Prime Minister.
“Ukraine has Much to the offer to the United States As A Reliable Ally and Partner,” She Added. “Fair Tariffs Benefit Both Countries.”
The Small Scale Of The Small Scale, The US has provided the significant material Support for The War Against Russia. Trump has argued That The US has spent $ 350bn on Such Aid, while the US Department of Defense “Appropriated” – A Figure That Us Military Training in Europe and Replenment Stocks – Operation Atlantic Resolve.
