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I think political pressure will be exerted on Russia in one way or another, but during Dmitriev's visit, tariffs are rather counterproductive,
she told DW
This looks like leniency of a symbolic nature,
political scientist and American studies expert Alexandra Filippenko told DW
The Russian authorities have understood the political signal,
she said, referring to a Telegram post by the Russian president's special envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, who is currently in WashingtonThey are already facing extremely high tariffs, and our previously imposed sanctions preclude any meaningful trade with these countries."
A White House official told The New York Times
Russia is not on this list because sanctions from the Ukraine war have already rendered trade between the two countries as zero."
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I’m deeply concerned about this decline and the potential for escalation into a tariff war with a cycle of retaliatory measures that lead to further declines in trade,
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said in a statement today
Every single dollar raised — about $8 billion (before remission) — from these tariffs will go directly to our auto workers and the companies affected by these tariffs,
Carney saidThen you are having retailers who are selling food. And then you have residential property owners who are renting houses for the workers. So this means if the closure of factories were to happen, the industry is going to die and there will be multiplier effects,
Lesotho Private Sector Foundation CEO Thabo Qhesi saidIt’s the cups we serve it in, the lids, the sugar, the stirrers, the sleeves, the equipment we use, even the espresso machines. ... All of that stuff comes from somewhere and all of it gets more expensive when tariffs like these go into place,
Echeverry saidMany labels, which cannot be replaced by local production, will disappear from the tables of U.S. consumers, while a serious production and employment crisis is looming in Italy and Europe,
Federvini President Micaela Pallini said in a statementNobody wants a trade war and our intention remains to secure a deal,
said Reynolds
The tariffs are wrong and not in the interest of either party,
Meloni, a close ally of President Trump, said in a post on Facebook on Thursday
To our American friends, today isn’t liberation day — it’s resentment day. Donald Trump’s tariffs don’t defend fair trade; they attack it out of fear and hurt both sides of the Atlantic. Europe stands united, ready to defend its interests, and open to fair, firm talks.”
Manfred Weber, the president of the EPP, the European Parliament's largest party, said WednesdayThis is a game changer, not only for the U.S. economy but for the global economy,
Olu Sonola, head of U.S. economic research at Fitch Ratings, said in a note Wednesday evening[American buyers] are completely reliant on our grass-fed beef and some of our high quality grain-finished beef to meet their requirements of their domestic consumers,
Garry Edwards, chair of industry body Cattle Australia, told ReutersThese massive tax hikes are slamming during the exact window U.S. industry has to set the global standard — risking innovation and ceding the market,
said Matt Mittelsteadt, a technology policy fellow at the Cato InstituteI’m afraid feta will not find a way out of these tariffs this time,
said Christos Apostolopoulos, head of Greece’s association of dairy industries, according to ReutersAs a country, we are in favor of free trade,
Pierrakakis said in a statement, according to Reuters,The so-called ‘reciprocal tariffs,’ based on the U.S.’s own subjective and unilateral assessments, violate international trade rules, severely harm the legitimate rights and interests of other parties, and represent a typical act of unilateral bullying,
the Chinese Commerce Ministry said in a statementWe are also going to attack services,
she said, including online services from Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft