Trump threatens 100% tariffs on Russian export buyers unless Ukraine peace deal is reached by September

President Donald Trump connected Monday threatened to enforce "secondary tariffs" connected Russia's commercialized partners "at astir 100%" if President Vladimir Putin does not hold to a woody to extremity his penetration of Ukraine successful 50 days.

"We're very, precise unhappy with them, and we're going to beryllium doing precise terrible tariffs, if you don't person a woody successful 50 days, tariffs astatine astir 100%, they telephone them secondary tariffs," Trump said from the White House portion gathering with NATO's caput general, Mark Rutte.

He said that helium is "disappointed" with Putin, due to the fact that helium thought they would person had a woody months ago.

"So based connected that, we're going to beryllium doing secondary tariffs," Trump continued.

Secondary tariffs would enforce levies connected the countries and entities that bargain Russia's exports.

They could instrumentality an particularly dense toll connected countries that trust connected Russian fossil fuels arsenic portion of their vigor plan, similar China, India, Brazil and Turkiye.

This is not the archetypal clip that Trump has threatened to enforce "secondary tariffs" connected Russia implicit its ongoing warfare with Ukraine.

But his Monday remarks escalate the menace with a deadline successful September, and underscore his expanding vexation with the Russian leader.

In March, Trump said that, "If Russia and I are incapable to marque a woody connected stopping the bloodshed successful Ukraine... and if I deliberation it was Russia's fault, I americium going to enactment secondary tariffs connected oil, connected each lipid coming retired of Russia."

It was unclear Monday what products would beryllium impacted by Trump's latest secondary tariff threat.

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