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Add as preferred source on GoogleTrump warns Russia of tariffs in 10 days if no progress on Ukraine war. He aims to pressure Moscow to end the conflict, considering secondary sanctions.
By Nandita Bose and Andrea Shalal
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the United States would start imposing tariffs and other measures on Russia "10 days from today" if Moscow showed no progress toward ending its more than three-year-long war in Ukraine.
Trump first announced on Monday that he was shortening the initial 50-day deadline he set a month ago for action from Moscow, and mentioned a new deadline of 10 to 12 days. On Tuesday, he told reporters he had not heard a response from Russia.
Speaking aboard Air Force One, Trump said he was not worried about the potential impact of Russian sanctions on the oil market or prices, vowing to boost domestic oil production to offset any impact.
"I don't know if it's going to affect Russia, because (Russian President Vladimir Putin) wants to, obviously, probably keep the war going," Trump said. "But we're going to put on tariffs and the various things that you put on."
The U.S. president, who has in the past spoken about having a good relationship with Putin, has grown increasingly frustrated with Moscow's refusal to agree to a ceasefire. The fresh deadline suggests Trump is prepared to move forward on his threat of sanctions, after previously hesitating on doing so.
Speaking in Scotland on Monday, he threatened sanctions on both Russia and buyers of its exports - also known as secondary sanctions - unless progress is made.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters that he raised the issue of secondary sanctions with Chinese officials during two days of bilateral talks this week.
He said he told Chinese officials that Beijing could face high tariffs if it continued its Russian oil purchases.
In a post on X, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, a close ally of Putin, said Trump was playing "a game of ultimatums" that could lead to a war involving the United States.
Trump, who is also struggling to achieve a peace deal in Gaza, has touted his role in ending conflicts between India and Pakistan as well as Rwanda and Congo. Before returning to the White House in January, Trump campaigned on a promise to end Russia's conflict with Ukraine in a day.
(Reporting by Andrea Shalal and Nandita Bose; Editing by Nia Williams)
Trump announced that the U.S. would start imposing tariffs on Russia in 10 days if there was no progress toward ending the Ukraine war.
Trump stated he would boost domestic oil production to offset any potential impact on the oil market from Russian sanctions.
Secondary sanctions refer to measures that could be imposed on countries, like China, if they continue to purchase Russian oil.
Trump had initially set a 50-day deadline for Russia to take action, which he shortened to 10 to 12 days.
Dmitry Medvedev criticized Trump's approach, suggesting that it could lead to a war involving the United States.
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