Russia not on Trump's tariff list
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US media quotes the White House press secretary as saying this is because of sanctions on Moscow.

Summary

Russia was excluded from Trump’s sweeping tariff list due to existing U.S. sanctions that limit trade, White House officials claimed.

Despite lower trade volumes, countries like Syria were still included, prompting skepticism.

Trump has prioritized ending the war in Ukraine and threatened 50% tariffs on nations buying Russian oil. Russian state media framed the omission as sanctions-based, not favoritism, with some mocking Trump’s harsher stance on allies.

Ukraine, meanwhile, faces a 10% tariff despite the country’s strategic partnership with the U.S.

  • hansolo@lemm.eeEnglish
    23·
    1 day ago

    FFS people, sanctioned countries were not included. Somalia, Burkina Faso…also not included.

    Let them deal in baseless conspiracy. Please deal in fact here.

    • pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      71·
      1 day ago

      However, nations with even less trade with the US - such as Syria, which exported $11m of products last year according to UN data quoted by Trading Economics - were on the list.

      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 of fertilisers, nuclear fuel and some metals, according to Trading Economics and Russian media.

      • hansolo@lemm.eeEnglish
        5·
        1 day ago

        Yep, it’s fertilizer and related exempt at inputs. Prior to the war trade with Russian was closer to $30B.

        The trade sanctions exist outside of tariff policy, so it’s probably too complicated for ChatGPT (and therefore these clowns) to sort out easily.

        • null@slrpnk.netEnglish
          0·
          1 day ago

          Let them deal in baseless conspiracy

          so it’s probably too complicated for ChatGPT

          • hansolo@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            24 hours ago

            There’s a possibility that someone used an LLM to formulate the tariff percentages. That’s not baseless, there’s evidence based on replication and similar language in the USTR site.

            Which makes it a funny joke to suggest that they did the entire tariff plan top to bottom in ChatGPT.

      • 52fighters@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        11·
        1 day ago

        President Biden also took a lot of flack from Europe when he maintained trade in Russian uranium despite their putting rules into effect concerning Russian oil. There are a few things that both parties aren’t willing to give us regarding Russia.

    • null@slrpnk.netEnglish
      0·
      1 day ago

      FFS people, sanctioned countries were not included

      Iran and Syria were included.

      • hansolo@lemm.eeEnglish
        01·
        24 hours ago

        And so were uninhabited islands. I’m not saying these people are geniuses. I’m saying that Grok probably said to skip sanctioned countries and they got that mostly right.