Trump urged the EU to impose 100% tariffs on imports from India and China

Donald Trump has called on the European Union to impose 100% tariffs on Indian and Chinese goods, making the demand during a meeting with senior ￰0￱ EU officials in Washington this ￰1￱ move is aimed at curbing Russia’s ability to fund its war in Ukraine, as India and China have continued large purchases of Russian oil since the invasion. Trump’s team maintains that choking off this trade is crucial to halting Moscow’s war ￰2￱ involved in the discussions said Washington is ready to act if the EU moves ￰3￱ official emphasized that the ￰4￱ Europe to cooperate and is prepared to respond ￰5￱ reportedly told advisers that “dramatic tariffs” are more effective than sanctions and instructed them to block Beijing and New Delhi from buying Russian ￰6￱ insists that the tariffs remain until both nations end their energy ties with ￰7￱ diplomats, however, are ￰8￱ India and China so hard creates fear in some capitals of a big trade clash, especially with ￰9￱ say the war in Ukraine requires a tougher response regardless of the ￰10￱ has made it clear that he also wants Europe to share the ￰11￱ official near him said any measures would be costly, but stressed that the United States needed its EU partners to join to make them ￰12￱ escalates trade pressure on India and China Trump is also pursuing open trade avenue ￰13￱ Truth Social, he wrote that the ￰14￱ India are in ongoing discussions to resolve trade ￰15￱ added that he looked forward to speaking with Prime Minister Narendra Modi “in the coming weeks”.

As reported by Cryptopolitan last month, Trump raised ￰16￱ on Indian goods to 50%. That move was directly tied to New Delhi’s purchase of Russian ￰17￱ his latest demand, he is taking the stakes a step ￰18￱ has also adopted a tough stance toward ￰19￱ the start of this year, he sharply raised tariffs on Chinese imports only to unwind some after financial markets took a bad turn. Now, his fresh initiative shows he is prepared to try to place pressure on Beijing once ￰20￱ the European Union’s sanctions chief, David O’Sullivan, in the lead, European Union officials are also considering secondary sanctions on Russian oil buyers as part of their ￰21￱ EU countries remain importers of Russia’s energy products, and the decision is economically ￰22￱ also noted he intended to talk “this week or early next week” with Russian President Vladimir ￰23￱ remark raised speculation about whether he planned to mix pressure with direct talks to end the ￰24￱ pushes Europe to hit Russia’s oil Trade hard and fast Trump is urging Europe to move quickly and ￰25￱ advised ￰26￱ EU officials that Moscow could not be made to feel the pinch until they took strong, joint ￰27￱ conclusion was straightforward: Russia relies on oil sales, and India and China are keeping those sales ￰28￱ demanding 100% tariffs, Trump is gambling that the price of doing business with Russia will become too high for New Delhi and ￰29￱ wants to maintain tariffs until both countries reduce their oil imports from ￰30￱ officials said the White House is prepared to match the EU step for ￰31￱ proposal is considered one of the most severe steps yet taken against any country connected to Russian ￰32￱ it is also rife with major ￰33￱ depends greatly on trade with China, and some states worry that a big confrontation would punch a hole in their economies.

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