The next round of US talks – China could include discussion of Russian and Iranian markets oil From China, US Finance Minister Scott Bessed said, which marks that the focus could be shifted from the most traditional commercial issues to those passing on national security issues.
“Trade is in a good spot,” Bessed told CNBC, referring to recent and current negotiations with China. “And I think now we can start talking about other things. The Chinese, unfortunately, are very large buyers of Iranian oil, who has been sanctified, a Russian oil that has suffered a sanctions – so we could start discussing this. “
Bessed was also asked about new sanctions against Russia and implied that the US is more likely to pursue a duty -based strategy and impose high duties in any country he finds that he is buying Russian energy for which sanctions have been imposed.
“Any country buys Russian oil for which sanctions have been imposed will be subject to secondary duties up to 100%,” he said. “President Trump has changed the debate here and I would urged our European allies, who have talked about a big game, to follow us if we apply these secondary duties.”
President Donald Trump threatened last week with “very strict duties if we do not have a 50 -day agreement” on the Russian -Ukraine war, about 100%duty. “