US Senator Lindsey Graham has warned that President Donald Trump will impose steep tariffs on countries that continue to import oil from Russia, specifically naming India, China and Brazil. Graham made the remarks during a recent interview on Fox News.
“Trump is going to impose tariffs on people that buy Russian oil – China, India, and Brazil,” Graham said. These three countries account for around 80 per cent of Russia’s crude exports, which Graham argued is helping to fund the war in Ukraine.
He said Trump plans to impose a 100 per cent tariff on oil-related imports from those nations as a way to cut off financial support to Russian President Vladimir Putin. “President Trump’s going to put a 100 per cent tariff on all those countries, punishing them for helping Putin,” he added.