"Already faced with high tariffs": Trump explained why "mutual duties" for the Russian Federation were not introduced

To spread: Russia, Belarus, Cuba and North Korea are under sanctions restrictions on the United States, which makes it impossible to trade with these states. Because of this, US President Donald Trump did not impose mutual duties for these countries. The New York Times on the conditions of anonymity was reported by the White House representative.

According to the source, Cuba, Belarus, North Korea and Russia are not subject to mutual tariffs announced on Wednesday, as "they are already faced with extremely high tariffs. " In addition, the sanctions imposed earlier by the US side for these states "make any full-fledged trade with them. It should be noted that for Ukrainian goods, Trump has set a duty of 10%. Mutual tariffs will come into force on April 9, and the minimum basic tariff of 10% of all countries will start paying from April 5.