The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has launched a threat to the countries that align with the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) – whose leaders have gathered this weekend in Rio de Janeiro – and has warned them that If they align with them, an additional 10%tariff will impose.
“Any country that aligns with the BRICS anti -state policies must pay an additional 10%tariff. There will be no exceptions to this policy,” he said in his social Truth account.
These words arrive after the BRICs have expressed this weekend is a joint statement His “deep concern” against tariffs and other unilateral measures that go against the guiding principles of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and “distort trade” giving rise to commercial wars that could “” plug the world economy in recession or prolong even more weak growth. “
Not only have they criticized the tariff policy. The BRICS have also shown contrary to the “imposition of unilateral coercive measures contrary to international law” for its “negative implications.”
Thus, Trump He had already threatened 100% tariffs at the BRICS If they stop taking the dollar as a reference for international trade. While this has not agreed in Rio.
Prior to this threat, Trump had also announced through Truth Social that he will send “Tariff” letters to several countries from Monday, June 748 hours before the extension of the reciprocal tariffs that imposed in April ends.
“I am pleased to announce that the tariff letters of the United States, and/or treatment, with several countries of the world, They will be delivered from 12.00 (Local time, 18.00 Spanish peninsular time), on Monday, July 7, “he said, hours after pointing to journalists that” I think most countries will have reached an agreement before July 9 “.
On August 1, reciprocal tariffs will be applied if agreements are not reached
The Secretary of the United States Treasury, Scott Besent, said in an interview in the CNN that tariffs will be imposed from August 1, their countries do not reach any agreement. “The next 72 hours are going to be agitated. In the letters we will say (to the countries) that if you do not accelerate the situation, on August 1 you will return to its tariff level of April 2 “.
Although, he has indicated that August 1 “is not a new deadline” but Nor has it revealed what will happen exactly the next day 9. “August 1 is when it will begin to happen (the restoration of tariffs). And if you want to accelerate the situation, great. And if you want to return to the original tariff (April), you decide,” he concluded.
