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Trump-backed bill may slap 500% tariffs on nations trading with Russia including India, China

Trump tariff bill Russia India China: The bill, which the Republican Senator said now has 84 co-sponsors, aims to pressure countries like India and China to stop purchasing oil and other goods from Russia, thereby weakening its war economy and pushing Moscow to negotiate peace in Ukraine.

The Indian Express ^01/07/25

Trade war India China Russia: US President Donald Trump has approved the introduction of a Senate bill that would impose a 500 per cent tariff on countries continuing to trade with Russia, including India and China, Senator Lindsey Graham said in an interview published Sunday.

“Big breakthrough here. So what does this bill do? If you’re buying products from Russia and you’re not helping Ukraine, then there’s a 500 percent tariff on your products coming into the United States. India and China buy 70 percent of Putin’s oil. They keep his war machine going,” Graham told ABC News.

The bill, which Graham said now has 84 co-sponsors, aims to pressure countries like India and China to stop purchasing oil and other goods from Russia, thereby weakening its war economy and pushing Moscow to negotiate peace in Ukraine.

“My bill has 84 co-sponsors. It would allow the president to put tariffs on China, India, and other countries to stop them from supporting Vladimir Putin’s war machine and get him to the table. For the first time yesterday, the president told me … I was playing golf with him [Trump]. He says, ‘It’s time to move your bill,’” Graham added.

The bill, expected to be moved in August, is part of growing US efforts to tighten the economic noose around Russia as its war in Ukraine drags on. India and China have continued buying discounted Russian oil despite Western sanctions, making them targets of the proposed legislation.

The bill is co-sponsored by Graham and Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal. “We are going to give President Trump a tool in the toolbox,” Graham said, adding that the president told him while golfing, “It’s time to move your bill.”

Initially proposed in March, the legislation was delayed after the White House signaled opposition to expanding sanctions, as Trump was trying to reset ties with Russian President. However, the administration now appears ready to support the effort.

Reports suggest the White House previously pressed Graham to soften the bill. The Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump Administration is “quietly pressuring” the Senate to water down the legislation by turning “the word ‘shall’ into ‘may’ wherever it appears in the bill’s text, removing the mandatory nature of the prescribed reprimands.”

The Journal’s report gained further weight when Graham proposed a carve-out in the bill for countries that support Ukraine—an attempt to prevent a potential US-EU trade war if the legislation is enacted. President Donald Trump, speaking to Politico in mid-June, also signaled hesitation, saying, “sanctions cost us a lot of money,” indicating a reluctance to pursue aggressive economic penalties. However, Secretary of State Marco Rubio later clarified that while such sanctions could disrupt the Ukrainian peace process, the administration has not ruled them out entirely.

If enacted, the legislation could mark a significant rupture in US trade relations with both Beijing and New Delhi. For India, which counts the US as a top export market, the measure could have wide-ranging economic and diplomatic consequences.

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I think the way you’re phrasing the question is problematic bordering on chauvinism

sorry if it came off that way, care to explain why?

lmao look at rwanda, malawi, uganda oman, qatar and saudi arabia all being more democratic than fucking iran, russia or belarus

stateless people are those who had their citizenship stripped from them for being russian and basically anyone who moved to estonia after 1940. a lite apartheid, non-citizens cant vote in national elections. in 1992 in the first democra\tic election 42 percent of the population just couldnt vote. what a sham lol

A further form of inequality that is rarely discussed by Estonian politicians, media, or academics is the disproportionately high incarceration rate of the stateless. Throughout the past three decades, the stateless have been consistently overrepresented in Estonian prisons by around four times. In 2000, the stateless made up 47 percent of all prisoners but only represented 12 percent of the general population. In 2021, when the stateless were just 5 percent of the general population, they still represented 24 percent of the prison population

• Estonia’s “Return to Europe”: The relationship between neoliberalism, statelessness, and Westward integration in post-independence Estonia

no but this is totally different and better than the evil gulags in siberia where my gestapo “poliitiline politsei” ™ grandpa was sent!!! -the median estonian

Prisons Business Center in Estonia wants to open an e-shop to sell items made by inmates

• Estonian state news agency “Eesti Rahvusringhääling” _25/06/25

The Prisons Business Center is preparing to launch an online store to market handicrafts and custom-made products created by inmates. To streamline the process, they are asking the Ministry of Justice to allow them to enter into smaller contracts without the need for public procurement procedures.

The Prisons Business Center is seeking to open an online store to market handicrafts and custom-made products. In a letter sent to the Ministry of Justice and Digital Affairs, Tallinn Prison noted that there are already examples of good practice — under the Stoveman brand, quality metal products made by inmates are currently being sold.

Aaro Nursi, a member of the Tallinn Prison Commission, informed the ministry that prisons — particularly the Prisons Business Center — need more flexible conditions for finding partners. This would help increase inmate employment and better utilize prison production capacity.

“Current public procurement procedures limit Tallinn Prison’s ability to respond quickly to smaller orders and to collaborate with local businesses and municipalities,” Nursi said.

He pointed out that, for example, laundry and sewing services could be used more frequently by state institutions, but there are no clear guidelines for allowing internal transactions. Smaller or seasonal orders are often missed because potential partners lack the resources to participate in procurement procedures.

Additionally, prisons cover all production costs themselves — from materials to equipment — and therefore need steady and flexible orders to operate production in a sustainable and cost-effective way.

As a result, the Tallinn Prison Commission proposed that small-scale direct contracts be allowed without the standard public procurement process. They also suggested clarifying the rules for internal transactions between state agencies in order to encourage the purchase of services from prisons.

The prison commission also called on the Ministry of Justice to support the marketing and e-commerce development of prisons, including online sales, and to involve inmates in pilot projects aimed at testing more flexible cooperation models.

“We believe this would increase inmate engagement, support reintegration into society and make prisons more visible and trustworthy partners,” Nursi said, asking the ministry to initiate discussions on changing public procurement regulations.

The Ministry of Justice, however, was in no hurry to commit. Deputy Secretary General Rait Kuuse responded to Nursi that the proposal would be taken into account in planning the future activities and direction of the Prisons Business Center, but the ministry currently has no plans to amend procurement regulations.

“The purpose of creating the business center was to boost inmate employment and production capacity — goals that align with the strategic aims of the prison service. Today, we can say the business center has been successful in increasing employment and has launched several new cooperation projects with various partners,” Kuuse noted.

The Prisons Business Center was established last year, replacing the former state-owned company AS Eesti Vanglatööstus, and operates across all three of Estonia’s prisons.

At Tallinn Prison, inmates produce textiles, metal and wood products; the facility also operates an industrial-scale laundry and handles product assembly and packaging. Examples of inmate-made goods include fireplaces, outdoor grills, fireplace accessories, sauna stoves, metal structures and a variety of custom wood products.

Viru Prison’s laundry offers a full range of laundry services. It also produces sauna stoves sold under the Stoveman brand and performs various woodworking tasks.

Tartu Prison provides shot blasting and powder coating services.

and btw, wtf is a spending goal lol? just throwing away money in hopes of reaching some nebulous goal instead of actually making an efficient military

if only the imperial metropole was in a country that actually had a real culture instead of whatever the fuck the american simulacra of european shit is meant to be. instead we have burgers and fries

trump federally ordered sissy hypno BANNED

went on r netherland and they’re pretending this is some sort of “high iq” mind game from rutte, of course there was a lot of criticism but these were among the top replies. unbelievable

around 17 percent is “disappeared”, so just above the soviet median, i’m sure the real number of dead is far higher than that. still, horrendous

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why not test the nuke on d.c

jesus christ

the only thing i like about the trump administration is how they reveal the complete hypocrisy of the whining and whinging about “authoritarianism” abroad. why’s russia not allowed to do this but america is? because russia stands against western interests. the west only cares about “authoritarianism” in as it serves them to act against the state perpetrating it.