MOSCOW, April 2. /TASS/. New sweeping import duties to be imposed by US President Donald Trump disrupt the logic of Washington's trade relations and indicate that the world will move away from globalization, said Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council Ivan Timofeyev.
Trump promised that the new, reciprocal duties, which his administration intends to levy on April 2, would affect "all countries."
"Trump is pursuing his policy of protecting the American manufacturer, revitalizing the United States, and breaking the logic of relations that the United States has developed with its trading partners in recent decades," he said. "This is, of course, a disruption of the pattern, although his intentions were somewhat obvious before. His trading partners, both allies and rivals, will respond. There will be an answer from them. Gradually, the world will move away from the model of globalization that developed after the end of the Cold War."
Commenting on Russian-US economic relations, the analyst said that if "political normalization begins, the resumption of trade and economic ties may follow."
Trump said Brazil, India, Canada, China, Mexico, and the EU countries charge the United States much higher duties on average than the United States charges them.
On February 10, Trump imposed 25% duties on all steel and aluminum imports from March 12, and Europe retaliated. The next day, Trump threatened Europe with 200% duties on alcohol, including wines, if the EU did not lift tariffs on American whiskey.