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Belgium's Diamonds Win Exemptions in Washington and Brussels

Summary by Bne IntelliNews
A gold ring set with 321 diamonds, handed to Donald Trump by Antwerp's diamond traders, has drawn accusations of a cartoonish bribe weeks after their gems slipped free of his tariffs.

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Shortly before EU diamonds were exempted from new US tariffs, President Trump received a diamond gift from Belgium, which, under US federal law, "takes up serious questions," warns two democratic senators. The White House rejects this.

·Düsseldorf, Germany
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What seemed to be just another diverse fact around a sumptuous new gift, but with a dubious taste, received by Donald Trump - but with nothing comparable to the plane received from the Emir of Qatar - begins to get political dimensions, because it questions certain decisions made by the US president regarding some commercial tariffs.

The Antwerp diamond umbrella organization AWDC presented a gold ring with diamonds and other gemstones to US President Donald Trump on the 250th anniversary of the US. According to two Democratic senators, the advocacy group attempted to buy off the later tariff exemption for diamonds in this way.

·Belgium
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De Tijd broke the news in Belgium on Wednesday, August 12, 2026.
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