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Trump Steps Up His Fight With Brics Nations
Wall Street Journal MSN News ^ | 7/7/2025 | Georgi Kantchev

Posted on 07/07/2025 10:24:08 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

President Trump’s threat to put new tariffs on countries embracing the policies of the Brics group has added fresh uncertainty to global trade and prompted pushback from Moscow and Beijing.

Trump posted on social media that countries aligning themselves with “the Anti-American policies of Brics, will be charged an ADDITIONAL 10% Tariff.”

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Responding to Trump’s threats, a spokeswoman for China’s Foreign Ministry stated on Monday its oft-repeated line that trade wars and tariff wars have no winners. Brics “does not target any country.” The Kremlin echoed those remarks, saying that Brics “has never been and will never be directed against third countries.”

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: brics; china; concerntrolling; economy; finances; maga; putin; russia; tariffs; xi

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Eff Russia. Eff China.
1 posted on 07/07/2025 10:24:08 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

It looks like some here lost their enthusiasm for Brics.


2 posted on 07/07/2025 2:36:55 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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