Russia not on Trump's tariff list
www.bbc.com
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
    5·
    2 days 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·
      2 days ago

      Let them deal in baseless conspiracy

      so it’s probably too complicated for ChatGPT

      • hansolo@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        1 day 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.