White House defends not including Russia, North Korea on tariffs

The White House explained that Russia has been excluded from tariffs because sanctions 'preclude any significant trade'. But there remains an imbalance of 2.5 billion that helps Moscow. The same is true for North Korea, Belarus and Cuba.

What Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs mean for Russia, China

The White House has clarified its eyebrow-raising decision to keep Russia off President Donald Trump’s sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs list.

Russia Was Notably Missing From Trump's Tariffs List — And People Have Guesses As To Why

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Russia escapes Trump Tariffs, as envoy pushes deals with Washington

As world governments and markets reel from steep new tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, there was one major economy notably missing from the White House list — namely, Russia.It is already the target of massive Western sanctions on the financial, energy and defense sectors. Oligarchs and hundreds of high-ranking officials with Kremlin ties have also been slapped with sanctions. Tariffs on Russia, therefore, would have taken the country…

Why was Russia omitted from Trump's sweeping tariffs list but slaps Israel with 17%?

(OPINION) In a surprising twist to the latest U.S. trade policy under President Donald Trump, a new round of sweeping tariffs has been unveiled, targeting various nations but notably excluding Russia while imposing a 17% tariff on Israel. This development has sparked widespread speculation and analysis across multiple news outlets, as analysts and policymakers attempt […]

Why Russia was left off Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs list

The Kremlin was among a handful of countries noticeably exempt from Trump's decision to slap a 10% baseline tariff on all imports to the US, as well as higher duties on some of its biggest trading partners.