Russia not on Trump's tariff list

One state that did not diagnostic connected Donald Trump's database of tariffs connected US commercialized partners was Russia.

US outlet Axios quoted White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt arsenic saying this was due to the fact that existing US sanctions connected Russia "preclude immoderate meaningful trade" and noting that Cuba, Belarus and North Korea were besides not included.

However, nations with adjacent little commercialized with the US - specified arsenic Syria, which exported $11m of products past twelvemonth according to UN information quoted by Trading Economics - were connected the list.

The US imposed large-scale sanctions connected Russia aft its full-scale penetration of Ukraine successful 2022. Trump has mostly taken a friendlier attack to Russia since his instrumentality to the White House.

He has made ending the warfare a precedence and a top Russian authoritative is successful Washington this week for meetings with his administration, arsenic negotiations proceed connected a deal.

Last month, Trump threatened to enforce a 50% tariff connected countries buying Russian lipid if Russian President Vladimir Putin did not hold to a ceasefire.

On Thursday, Russian media besides argued that their state was not connected the sweeping tariffs database due to the fact that of existing sanctions.

"No tariffs person been imposed connected Russia, but that's not due to the fact that of immoderate peculiar treatment. It's simply due to the fact that Western sanctions are already successful spot against our country," says state-run Rossiya 24 TV.

According to its sister transmission Rossiya 1, Russia is missing from the database "to the disappointment of galore successful the West".

Many Kremlin-controlled media outlets person specifically referred to US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who told Fox News: "Russia and Belarus, we don't commercialized with. They're sanctioned."

According to the Office of the US Trade Representative, the US imported goods from Russia worthy $3.5bn (£2.7bn) successful 2024. It chiefly consisted of fertilisers, atomic substance and immoderate metals, according to Trading Economics and Russian media.

Some of the Russian sum has taken a mocking tone, with pro-Kremlin NTV saying Trump treated America's allies successful Europe arsenic "serfs" who lone respond with "moaning".

Many, specified arsenic Zvezda TV which is tally by Russia's defence ministry, enactment the inclusion of uninhabited Heard Island and McDonald Islands connected the tariffs list.

"Looks similar it's immoderate penguins who volition person to wage the 10% tariff," Zvezda said.

Ukraine, meanwhile, is facing a 10% tariff connected its exports to the US.

The country's archetypal lawman premier minister, Yulia Svyrydenko, said the caller US tariff would mostly deed tiny producers.

She besides said Ukraine was "working to unafraid amended terms".

In 2024, Ukraine exported $874m (£642m) worthy of goods to the US and imported $3.4bn from the US, according to the lawman premier minister.

"Ukraine has overmuch to connection the United States arsenic a reliable state and partner," she added. "Fair tariffs payment some countries."

Despite the tiny standard of trade, the US has provided important worldly enactment for the warfare against Russia. Trump has argued that the US has spent $300-$350bn connected specified aid, portion the US Department of Defense said $182.8bn had been "appropriated" - a fig that covers US subject grooming successful Europe and replenishment of US defence stocks - for Operation Atlantic Resolve.

The US has besides been attempting to scope a woody for access to Ukrainian minerals arsenic portion of negotiations to extremity the war.