r/IntellectualDarkWeb 3d ago

Why no tariffs on Russia?

As we learned yesterday, Trump's calculated "tariffs charged" by foreign countries aren't actually tariffs but rather based on trade deficits with a minimum of 10%.

The tariffs apply to 185 different countries and territories. Even extending to remote, uninhabited islands that have no trade with the US.

So the question I have... why not Russia? Not only do we still trade with Russia, we have a 2.5 billion dollar trade deficit with them. By Trumps own criteria, they should have been on the list. It seems we're really not beating the claims of allegiance to Putin.

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u/Worried-Pick4848 3d ago

Russia is already under sanctions. We're not supposed to be trading with them at all.

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u/Desperate-Fan695 3d ago

There are exceptions to the sanctions. Hence why I mentioned we do billions in trade with them and maintain a trade deficit.