Weird argument. You can’t put tariffs on a country that you are already trying to strangle with sanctions and have basically already cut all trade off from. It’s like if they announced a new sales tax on Cocaine without legalizing it first.
At any rate, virtually all U.S.-Russia trade, such as it exists, is done via back channels and other routes which are not business as usual. Tariffs are a formal tax that targets formal trade.
Don’t get me wrong, Trumps tariffs are idiotic and will ultimately be self-defeating. But there is a reason why Russia, Cuba, the DPRK, and other countries that the U.S. tries to kill with sanctions are not listed.
As for Russia, they should face the same repercussions for their illicit war on Ukraine as the Americans did for their illicit war on [insert your favourite choice, but I am thinking of Iraq]
Ok, so except for Fertilizers, it’s (in terms of intl. trade) peanuts. Again, this graphic doesn’t say *how* that trade is conducted. The fact remains that normal trade between Russia and the U.S. is effectively suspended. Even moreso for Cuba and the DPRK.
Again, Trumps tariffs should be criticized and opposed. They are a lazy effort to turn American soft power into blunt force, and they will fuck over the average American as much as anyone else. We shouldn’t wish to *expand* these efforts.
Tariffs on a country that you have sanctions against make no sense. If you don't trade with them, what exactly are you sanctioning? Not wishful thinking, just think of sanctions as 100% tariffs in association with a trade block.
The USA sell about 3 billion dollars worth of goods to Ukraine and buy about 600 million dollars from Ukraine. The figures are the same with russia but the direction is exactly the opposite. So the US punishing country they have huge trade surplus and doesn't touch a country with huge trade deficit
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$526.1M US exports to Russia
$3.0B US imports FROM Russia.
The exclusion is political. Russia requested relief in ceasefire talks. Iran and Syria were hit with tariffs of 10% and 40% respectively.
RUSSIA WAS EXEMPTED!
At any rate, virtually all U.S.-Russia trade, such as it exists, is done via back channels and other routes which are not business as usual. Tariffs are a formal tax that targets formal trade.
Also, fuck Yank embargoes on Cuba and the DPRK.
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/imports/russia
Again, Trumps tariffs should be criticized and opposed. They are a lazy effort to turn American soft power into blunt force, and they will fuck over the average American as much as anyone else. We shouldn’t wish to *expand* these efforts.
Ukraine was punished with tariffs, russia wasn’t. That’s the fact