Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., the leading Republican for a secondary tariffs bill supported by 85 senators, said that he talked to President Donald Trump on Sept. 11 about "moving forward" with secondary tariffs on countries that buy Russian oil and gas. He said he was encouraging him to look upon the Russia sanctions bill as something that would help him, "basically, giving him the authority to do what he's doing, which would help him in court."
Two Republican senators took to the Senate floor this week to reiterate their support for increasing sanctions on Russia to pressure it to end its war against Ukraine.
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The Treasury Department will refund tariffs imposed through the International Emergency Economic Powers Act if the government loses its case at the Supreme Court, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.
Democrats in the Senate are arguing that it's time to pass a bipartisan bill that would authorize up to 500% tariffs on goods from countries that buy Russian oil and gas and aren't providing aid to Ukraine to defend itself.
President Donald Trump touted the secondary tariffs on India, the second-largest purchaser of Russian oil, as action to show his frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin's continued aggression, when asked by a Polish reporter why he hadn't taken action against Russia to stop the war.
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Vice President JD Vance said that the U.S. is imposing secondary tariffs on India for buying Russian oil, and not China, because China already has high tariffs.
President Donald Trump said, "over the next two weeks, we're going to find out which way it's going to go," referring to efforts to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine. Trump, who was answering reporters' questions Aug. 22 in the Oval Office clarified that he'd make a decision on whether Russia needs to be punished for resisting a settlement, or whether he washes his hands of the effort.
Less than two weeks ago, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to impose an additional 25% tariff on Indian goods because that country is importing Russian oil, and Russia's actions in Ukraine are "an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States." He said that if Russia were to "take significant steps to address the national emergency described in section 1 of this order and align sufficiently with the United States on national security, foreign policy, and economic matters, I may further modify this order."