US Floats G-7 Tariffs On Russian Oil Purchases To Corner Putin
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The US will urge its allies in the Group of Seven to impose tariffs as high as 100% on China and India for their purchases of Russian oil to pressure President Vladimir Putin to end his war in Ukraine.
The US will also tell the G-7 countries they should create a legal pathway to seize immobilized sovereign Russian assets and consider seizing or using the principle of those assets to fund Ukraine’s defense, according to a US proposal seen by Bloomberg.
The vast majority of the about $300 billion of Moscow’s immobilized assets are in Europe. Separately, senior US officials have floated with European counterparts the idea of gradually seizing those frozen Russia assets to increase the pressure on Moscow to enter into negotiations.
US President Donald Trump said that his patience with Putin was “running out fast” and mentioned in a Fox News interview that sanctions could also be targeted at banks. Canada, which holds the presidency of the G-7, convened a meeting of the group’s finance ministers to discuss proposals.
Trump has told European officials he’s willing to impose sweeping new tariffs on India and China to push Putin to the negotiating table with Ukraine — but only if the European Union does so as well. Several nations in the EU, including Hungary, have blocked more stringent sanctions targeting Russia’s energy sector. — Zoltan Simon
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