Russia not on Trump's tariff list
www.bbc.com
US media quotes the White House press secretary as saying this is because of sanctions on Moscow.

Summary

Russia was excluded from Trump’s sweeping tariff list due to existing U.S. sanctions that limit trade, White House officials claimed.

Despite lower trade volumes, countries like Syria were still included, prompting skepticism.

Trump has prioritized ending the war in Ukraine and threatened 50% tariffs on nations buying Russian oil. Russian state media framed the omission as sanctions-based, not favoritism, with some mocking Trump’s harsher stance on allies.

Ukraine, meanwhile, faces a 10% tariff despite the country’s strategic partnership with the U.S.

  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    111·
    2 days ago

    However, nations with even less trade with the US - such as Syria, which exported $11m of products last year according to UN data quoted by Trading Economics - were on the list.

    According to the Office of the US Trade Representative, the US imported goods from Russia worth $3.5bn (£2.7bn) in 2024. It mainly consisted of fertilisers, nuclear fuel and some metals, according to Trading Economics and Russian media.

    • hansolo@lemm.eeEnglish
      71·
      2 days ago

      Yep, it’s fertilizer and related exempt at inputs. Prior to the war trade with Russian was closer to $30B.

      The trade sanctions exist outside of tariff policy, so it’s probably too complicated for ChatGPT (and therefore these clowns) to sort out easily.

      • null@slrpnk.netEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        Let them deal in baseless conspiracy

        so it’s probably too complicated for ChatGPT

        • hansolo@lemm.eeEnglish
          11·
          1 day ago

          There’s a possibility that someone used an LLM to formulate the tariff percentages. That’s not baseless, there’s evidence based on replication and similar language in the USTR site.

          Which makes it a funny joke to suggest that they did the entire tariff plan top to bottom in ChatGPT.

          • null@slrpnk.netEnglish
            1·
            1 day ago

            There’s also a much stronger possibility that Trump simply didn’t want to piss off Putin.

            Why are you trying to find a more complicated answer?

            • hansolo@lemm.eeEnglish
              11·
              17 hours ago

              Less complicated is:

              “Tariff rates go brrrrrr”

              “But it’s hard to add this to sanctioned countries because it involves doing work.”

              'Then don’t, lol, FTW. Tell Grok to leave them out."

              Grok and all appointees involved are idiots

              “Here’s a list of important places that need tariffs.”

              • null@slrpnk.netEnglish
                1·
                17 hours ago

                And you’re back to the “list was generated by AI” conspiracy.

                • hansolo@lemm.eeEnglish
                  11·
                  16 hours ago

                  Well, this is an openly jokey theocratical comment, so yeah.

    • 52fighters@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      31·
      2 days ago

      President Biden also took a lot of flack from Europe when he maintained trade in Russian uranium despite their putting rules into effect concerning Russian oil. There are a few things that both parties aren’t willing to give us regarding Russia.