US to hit Russia, its trade partners with tariffs if no deal on Ukraine — Trump

World July 14, 18:48

The US president said the tariffs are going to be "very severe"

WASHINGTON, July 14. /TASS/. The US administration is going to impose import tariffs of about 100% on Russia and its trade partners if Moscow and Washington do not reach an agreement for the settlement in Ukraine, President Donald Trump said at the meeting with NATO chief Mark Rutte.

"We're very, very unhappy with them," Trump said, referring to Russia. "And we're going to be doing very severe tariffs if we don't have a deal [on Ukraine] in 50 days, tariffs at about 100%. You'd call them secondary tariffs. You know what that means." he added.

"I thought we would have had a deal two months ago, but it doesn't seem to get there," the US leader added, meaning agreements regarding the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine.

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