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.

  • hansolo@lemm.eeEnglish
    912·
    2 个月前

    FFS people, sanctioned countries were not included. Somalia, Burkina Faso…also not included.

    Let them deal in baseless conspiracy. Please deal in fact here.

    • pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      131·
      2 个月前

      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
        81·
        2 个月前

        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
          21·
          2 个月前

          Let them deal in baseless conspiracy

          so it’s probably too complicated for ChatGPT

          • hansolo@lemm.eeEnglish
            12·
            2 个月前

            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
              21·
              2 个月前

              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
                12·
                2 个月前

                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
                  11·
                  2 个月前

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

                  • hansolo@lemm.eeEnglish
                    11·
                    2 个月前

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

      • 52fighters@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        32·
        2 个月前

        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.

    • null@slrpnk.netEnglish
      41·
      2 个月前

      FFS people, sanctioned countries were not included

      Iran and Syria were included.

      • hansolo@lemm.eeEnglish
        11·
        2 个月前

        And so were uninhabited islands. I’m not saying these people are geniuses. I’m saying that Grok probably said to skip sanctioned countries and they got that mostly right.

        • null@slrpnk.netEnglish
          11·
          2 个月前

          Or, much more simply, Trump didn’t want to make Putin mad.

          • hansolo@lemm.eeEnglish
            11·
            2 个月前

            So then why did Somalia or Burkina Faso not make the list? Does Putin care about them? Not really.

            Occam’s razor here is pretty easy to see as “Sanctioned counties, and we missed two.”

            • null@slrpnk.netEnglish
              11·
              2 个月前

              That wasn’t a comprehensive list, just 2 off the jump.

              So no, the simpler answer is that sanctions simply aren’t a factor. They didn’t list every country on the planet.

              • hansolo@lemm.eeEnglish
                11·
                2 个月前

                Sure, whatever you need to believe with no evidence to support it. At least a 80% correlation with the sanctions list mes a touch of sense.

                • null@slrpnk.netEnglish
                  11·
                  2 个月前

                  Claiming that Trump is constantly kissing Putin’s ass isn’t a conspiracy. It’s not even a secret…

                  Sure, whatever you need to believe with no evidence to support it

                  So where’s your evidence that the list of countries was generated by AI?

                  • hansolo@lemm.eeEnglish
                    11·
                    2 个月前

                    There’s a pretty comprehensive article on The Verge outlining the likelihood of it bring probable.