In the dramatic escalation of Washington rhetoric, higher American senators Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal called on the storage of paralyzing tariffs, up to 500 percent, in countries including India, China and Brazil if they continue to do business with the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Bipartisan pressure comes when President Donald Trump announced plans for 100 % “secondary tariffs” on Moscow if President Vladimir Putin could not negotiate peace within 50 days.
“We will continue to strive for Senator Graham and my Russian sanction bill on even harder sanctions that discourage India, China, Brazil and others from supporting Putin’s war machine.
Graham and Blumenthal’s joint statement accused India, China and Brazil of the “support of Putin’s war machine” by purchasing cheap Russian oil and gas. The statement warned that if these countries did not stop such a trade, they could face tariffs of up to 500 percent.
Trump’s threat of secondary tariffs on Russia
During a major meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte Trump, “One of the reasons you are here today is heard that we are very unfortunate-as Russia. Otherwise.”
The “sledgehammer” approach to the Senators to enforce Putin to the table
The Senators ‘Senators’ Senators underlines the tariff threat of Donald Trump as a strategic step:
“The Ultimate Hammer to Bring About the End of This War Will Be Tariffs Against Countries, Like China, India and Brazil, That Prop Up Putin’s War Machine by Purchasing Cheap Russian Oil and Gas Countries That Buy Russian Oil and Gas If and Peace Agreement is not reached in the Next 50 Days is and Real Executive Hammer to Drive The Parties to the NegotiTing Table.
Democratic Senator Bllumenthal praised the decision of the US President and called him a “breakthrough step” and killed Russian Putin by calling him a “thief”.
He also called on the bill “sanctioned by the Russian law of 2025”, which presented 1 April and Senator Graham, and noted that the bill will impose “stricter fines for the discourage of India, China, Brazil” and other countries that still trade with Moscow.
India replies, “We will cross this bridge when we come to him”
At the beginning of this month, the Indian Minister of Outside Jaishankar confirmed that Indian concerns about energy security were communicated to Senator Graham. Jaishankar said at a press conference: said:
“As for the bill Senator Lindsey Graham, any development that is happening in the US Congress is interesting to us if it affects our interest or could have an impact on our interest. So we were in contact with Senator Lindsey Graham.
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