President Donald Trump said that he would put an additional 10% tariff on a country that corresponds to the “anti -American policy of the Brics” and brings further uncertainties in global trade, since the United States continues to negotiate taxes with many trading partners.
“Every country that is based on the anti -American policy of Brics is calculated an additional 10% tariff,” said Trump in a social post of truth on Sunday evening. “There will be no exceptions from this guideline.”
The comments come when the United States is preparing to send Tariff letters In the coming days, dozens of countries, whereby the 90-day break of the Trump government should expire to higher duties on Wednesday. Trump said in a separate contribution that the letters from Monday, Washington, would be delivered.
BRICS, a group of nations that include Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, organized a summit at the weekend where the leaders of the US and Israeli attacks were condemned to Iran, and asked the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the government. Troops withdraw From the Gaza Strip. They urged a “fair and permanent” solution to conflicts in the Middle East. The Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi were among the participants.
Trump’s post did not state which guidelines he considered “anti -American”, and there were no details about when one of these tariffs could be imposed.
“Trump’s comments are a warning shots for emerging countries who want to take the BRICS alignment path,” said Mingze Wu, a dealer at Stonex Financial Inc. in Singapore and added that they probably react to what Brics said about Gaza.
Large US trading partners are Run Commercial agreement or lobby for additional time before the deadline on July 9th. Finance Minister Scott Bessent signaled that some nations could have the opportunity to negotiate a three -week extension without business, whereby the taxes on August 1st should be effective.
In a joint explanation published on Sunday, the leaders gathered in Brazil agreed to condemn military strikes against Iran, a BRICS member, since June 13, when Israel started attacks that culminated nine days later with US air attacks.
The 10-member block of the nations on the emerging country also expressed “serious concern about the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory”-in Israeli attacks and the disability of the occurrence of humanitarian aid in Gaza stripes, the Israel ended.
The Chinese Prime Minister Li said that the BRICS countries should take the lead to promote reforms in global government and to work for the peaceful solution of international disputes.
“Today’s world is more turbulent, with unilateralism and protectionism on the rise,” said Li. “China is ready to work with the BRICS countries to promote global governance in fair, reasonable, efficient and neat.”
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not immediately respond to an inquiry that requested a comment on Trump’s latest contribution. The Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry rejected a statement.
The Indonesian spokesman for the Ministry of Coordination for Economic Affairs, Haryo Limanseto, said that the government had “no comment” especially about Trump’s statements about additional tariffs in Brics countries. “The team is still working. Hopefully Indonesia and the USA will find the best solution,” he said.
So far, Trump has threatened to hit BRICs 100% taxes if they add the US dollar to bilateral trade. The setback has driven itself interest In the development of local payment systems and other instruments that can facilitate trade and investment between the nations.
On Sunday, BRICS leaders agreed to continue discussions about a cross-border payment system for trade and investments-a project that she has been discussing for a decade, although progress was slow.
