Should Biden have imposed 50% tarrifs on countries buying Russian oil?

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    Of course this is apparently what Trump is threatening:

    https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-threatens-secondary-tariffs-russian-oil-if-unable-make-deal-ukraine-2025-03-30/

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  2. grammanarchy Avatar

    The major buyers of Russian oil are China and India, and a 50% tariff on either of those countries would cause a recession in the US at best. This is bluster. Trump has no intention of pissing off Putin.