{"id":324230,"date":"2025-08-07T03:55:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T03:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/324230\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T03:55:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T03:55:09","slug":"why-trumps-secondary-tariffs-on-russia-could-bite-the-us-its-allies-too-russia-ukraine-war-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/324230\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Trump\u2019s secondary tariffs on Russia could bite the US, its allies too | Russia-Ukraine war News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Top United States diplomatic negotiator Steve Witkoff visited Moscow<\/a> on Wednesday in a last-ditch push to persuade Russian President Vladimir Putin to agree to a ceasefire with Ukraine before an August 8 deadline set by President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

After Witkoff\u2019s meeting with Putin, the White House said that Russia had sought a meeting with Trump. The US president, the White House said, was open to meeting both Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Trump, who during his re-election campaign had promised he would be able to end the Russia-Ukraine war in 24 hours if he came to power, has so far failed to mediate a truce<\/a> despite months of hectic diplomacy, direct talks between Moscow and Kyiv, and phone calls with Putin.<\/p>\n

Increasingly frustrated<\/a> by Putin\u2019s unwillingness to agree to a pause in fighting without imposing conditions unacceptable to Ukraine or the West, Trump has threatened a new wave of economic measures<\/a> punishing Russia if it does not accept a ceasefire.<\/p>\n

Since Russia\u2019s full-fledged invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the US and its allies, including the United Kingdom and the European Union, have imposed more than 21,000 sanctions on Russia\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n

The new tariffs Trump has threatened are unlike any of those earlier sanctions, however. They target Russia by hitting out against its trading partners, in the hope that they will stop buying from or selling to Moscow.<\/p>\n

But these secondary tariffs also carry risks for the US and its allies.<\/p>\n

What are the secondary tariffs Trump is threatening?<\/p>\n

In mid-July, as peace talks stalled despite Trump\u2019s efforts, the US president threatened Russia with 100 percent secondary tariffs<\/a> if it did not work towards a ceasefire. He gave the Kremlin a 50-day deadline to cooperate.<\/p>\n

After Moscow suggested that it wouldn\u2019t bow to US pressure, Trump moved up the deadline, which now expires on August 8. It is unclear if Trump\u2019s openness to talks with Putin and Zelenskyy following Witkoff\u2019s Moscow visit has changed that deadline.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Trump doubled the tariff rate on Indian imports from 25 percent \u2013 which he had announced in late July \u2013 to 50 percent, as punishment for New Delhi\u2019s refusal to stop buying Russian oil. That makes India the country facing the highest US tariffs at present \u2013 along with Brazil.<\/p>\n

If Trump\u2019s secondary tariffs go into effect, goods that the US imports from countries still trading with Russia would face duties of 100 percent on top of the tariffs Trump has already imposed on those nations.<\/p>\n

That would at least double the price of those products, making them less competitive in the US market.<\/p>\n

The idea behind these tariffs is to persuade Russia\u2019s trading partners to stop buying and selling with the country, isolating its economy and depriving it of revenue it earns from exports, especially from energy.<\/p>\n

Despite the sanctions it already faces, Russia has consistently earned more than 500 million euros ($580m) a day from energy exports since 2022. That will be disrupted if countries stop buying all oil and gas from Russia.<\/p>\n

Which countries could Trump\u2019s secondary tariffs hit?<\/p>\n

The countries most affected by such secondary tariffs would be:<\/p>\n