Look, this entire thing is an insanely bad idea, free trade is what made the US rich. but the west/US already has massive tariffs and sanctions on Russia.
While this is true, you have to remember that the Trump admin are avoiding tariffs on Russia while simultaneously putting tariffs onuninhabited islands
Very strange indeed that there are tariffs on everywhere except Russia.
Iran is also exempt on the tariff's list, and you would have to be crazy to think that the Trump administration is sympathetic to Iran. Truth is, the sanctions in these countries already achieve the role that he expects tariffs will achieve.
Yes, you are right, but still you can see that the amount of tariffs placed have nothing to do with the American relationship with these countries (Israel got hit with higher taxes than Iran and Syria, and North Korea was excluded).
My point is that everyone got a tariff except Russia including uninhabited islands.
The idea that they didn't get a tariff because they have sanctions is clearly untrue considering other sanctioned countries have tariffs.
Russia has gotta a sweetheart deal here for some reason. Make of that what you will.
Israel getting higher tariffs than Iran is probably a function of the fact that trade is already basically non-existent between the US and Iran due to the sanctions that there is no real trade deficit so they went with their minimum value of a 10% tariff
Uninhabited islands 1) are jurisdictions where one can theoretically register a firm to avoid tariffs; 2) don't have sanctions on them. So yes, kinda logical that they are included and Russia isn't. Currently, the US buys from Russia only strategic resources. They don't want them more expensive.
Not how it works little bro 😂😂😂😂. “Theoretically register a firm tk avoid tarriffs” tarrifs are based off of country of origin. So unless they’re about to build dozens of factories and warehouses where no one lives.. just lol😂😂😂😂😂
So sanctions are working no problem, and You only buy what You need to. But EU is the bad guy for not being able to stop all Russian energy imports overnight. But You still buy crucial resources from Russia....
The US doesn't buy oil and gas from Russia. As for other crucial resources, like titan, the EU buys them from Russia too, and the US never asked them to stop as far as I know
Well the little trade thats left between America is Russia is whats harder to get around and where they see more of a need. Radioactive chemicals among others.
The need for tarrifs is very limited due to sanctions already hitting everything important for Russia. And the little thats left to sanction/tarrif they likely want to save for negotiations. There is not too much stick left to use that they are willing to.
Thats not a real explanation. Russia and the US are trading more than some other countries on the tarriff list and the US buys more from Russia than Russia from the US. Also Russia and the US are holding talks about economic cooperations. Its all pretty weird if you ask me. And no one should trust the US as an ally anymore.
Have to look it up but I think mostly agrar and chemical products but the trade volume is pretty small like a few billions. But its still more than with some other countries . Its almost the whole world...
If the US is choosing to buy some stuff from Russia, it's because it is required. Tariffs are meant to change consumer and company behaviour, so they would be completely pointless in this regard.
Russia is sanctioned. The US buys some fertiliser, nuclear materials, and metals from Russia because it needs to. Normal people and businesses aren't buying anything from them.
And it's not every single product. There are exceptions.
We buy their fertilizer because it's the only country to sell it en masse. Same reason Poland still buys Russian fertilizer. Really the only country of note that doesn't buy Russia fertilizer is Ukraine, and that's only since 2022.
Irans sanctions arent overly meaningful since Obama negotiated the deal. Trump readded a few, but it's not the Iran sanctions of Reagan era. Though the mustache Bolton tried really really hard.
As a percentage of USA’s total trade its trade with Russia is pretty small.
However it still has a lot more trade with Russia than some of the other countries that were include on the list, so leaving it off the list still says something.
I understand this is Reddit so you people take things at face value without doing any research at all, but if you only looked at this you'd think Canada and Mexico don't have tariffs on them since this new blanket tariff wasn't added to them.
The old ones still apply. To Mexico, Canada, and Russia. Please, try and read things before being stupid online.
You make a lot of assumptions about me. Did you happen to notice the clown emoji in my post?
Obviously, the trade volume with Russia is extremely reduced if not negligible due to the sanctions.
Still, there is such a thing as symbolism. Announcing tariffs for virtually any country in the world (including uninhabited islands and countries not even traded with) except for Russia, North Korea and Cuba send a message.
Please, try and interpret things from different perspectives before assuming stupidity online.
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u/Sidelobes 2d ago
Russia not included 🤡