Donald Trump has asked the EU to impose tariffs of up to 100% on India and China as part of an effort to force the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, to end the war in Ukraine, according to reports.
The US president made the demand during a meeting between US and EU officials discussing options to increase economic pressure on Russia on Tuesday, according to the Financial Times, BBC and Bloomberg, who cited sources familiar with the discussions.
Trump’s proposal comes amid his frustration at brokering a peace deal, including at a high-profile summit with Putin in Alaska, and amid Russia’s increasing drone attacks, including its largest ever air attack on Ukraine last week.
Just curious, what’s to stop them from lying? Like, just saying they do but don’t? Is there public accounting?
This is why everybody is making “deals” with Trump. Those are legally non binding, but keep Trump from throwing even higher tariffs at them. The hope is the Democrats actually win the Midterms and block Trump from doing worse. If it fails, then at least their companies can leave the US market. It is going to crash soon anyway, so probably both are going to happen.