The possibility of a brief announcement of new customs dictatorial to China US President Donald Trump said yesterday (6.8.25). Duties seem to be similar to their Additional 25% duties that announced earlier to be imposed on Indiabecause of Russia’s oil markets, depending on the course of the situation.
Specifically, tariff sanctions on both China and India have a central focus on pressure on Moscow to end its war Russia against Ukraine. The US president even intends to announce more secondary sanctions for this purpose.
“It can be done. I can’t tell you yet. We did it with India. We will probably do it with a couple of countries more. One of them could be China, “Donald Trump told reporters.
The US president imposed an additional 25% duties on imported goods from India – added to the 25% duties he had already announced – because New Delhi continues to buy oil from Russia, as the White House pointed out.
The executive decree signed is not mentioned by China, also a large Russian crude buyer. Last week, however, US Finance Minister Scott Bessed warned China that it may be confronted with new duties if it continued its Russian hydrocarbon markets.