United States President Donald Trump searches beside Russian President Vladimir Putin throughout an interview following their conference to work out an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Anchorage, Alaska, United States, August 15, 2025.|Picture Credit: KEVIN LAMARQUE
United States President Donald Trump stated he will hold back on raising tariffs on Chinese products over the nation’s purchases of Russian oil, pointing out development he stated was made with Vladimir Putin towards ending the war in Ukraine.
“Because of what took place today, I believe I do not need to consider that,” Trump stated Friday in a Fox News interview with Sean Hannity after his top with Putin. “Now, I might need to think of it in 2 weeks or 3 weeks or something, however we do not need to consider that today.”
Trump previously this month threatened purchasers of Russian energy with extra tariffs as a method of pushing Putin into peace talks with Ukraine. The United States president currently doubled tasks on Indian items to 50 percent beginning August 27 over its purchases of oil from Moscow.
Raising tariffs on China, however, would run the risk of breaking a trade truce that Trump on Monday accepted extend for another 90 days. That arrangement saw Washington and Beijing lower tasks on each others’ products that reached huge levels in the spring, which startled worldwide markets.
China has actually protected its imports of Russian oil as legal and needed for its energy security.
Trump disappointed reaching a ceasefire handle Putin throughout their conference in Alaska, however stated they settled on numerous points and prompted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to negotiate with the leader who introduced an unprovoked intrusion of his nation in 2022.
“I believe, you understand, the conference went effectively,” Trump stated on Fox News.
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Released on August 16, 2025
