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According to the Global Times, the latest blast that U.S. President Trump urged the EU to impose 100% tariffs on China and India, and said the U.S. would follow if the EU did, joining forces to pressure Russia to force it to end.Russia-Ukraine conflict¡£

A phone call came into the venue

Several sources said that when senior U.S. and European officials met in Washington on September 9, Trump made a phone call to the meeting place and made the request.

It is that the meeting on Tuesday aims to discuss how a joint US-European action would make Russia suffer even greater economic losses from the war in Ukraine.

Tariffs, sanctions and options such as freezing Russian assets were included in the discussion.

EU diplomats say the U.S. has hinted that the U.S. is willing to impose similar tariffs if the EU adopts Trump¡¯s suggestion.

¡°They basically mean that we will do it, but you have to do it with us,¡± the EU official said.

Trump has repeatedly threatened to impose tariffs on India and China to punish both countries for buying Russian oil.

Last month, the United States raised tariffs on Indian imports to 50%, exacerbating tensions between the United States and India. But the United States has not attacked China so far.

U.S. officials said that if the United States and the European Union reach an agreement, the United States will further increase tariffs on Chinese and Indian goods exported to the United States.

The ¡°God¡¯s Proposal¡±

Public opinion described Trump's proposal as "extraordinary", and noted the relevant background: the White House felt increasingly frustrated and helpless about the stagnation of the peace process and the escalating war.

Trump's second term in power has been a long half, but the declared Russian-Ukrainian peace agreement has not been delayed.At the moment, Russia is steadily strengthening its military offensive against Ukraine, ignoring both U.S. efforts to promote reconciliation and ignoring the threat of sanctions such as Trump's "secondary tariffs".

In the face of soft and hard Russia, Trump seems to have moved another mindset, namely to make the European Union act as a "horseman", first against India and China, and then the US side to follow, in this as part of the joint action, to increase pressure on Russia, thus ending the war in Ukraine.

U.S. diplomats in Europe stressed that the Trump administration is reluctant to deal with Russian oil and gas buyers without the involvement of the European Union, hoping that U.S. and European partners will share the cost.

However, for the EU, accepting Trump¡¯s proposal is a challenge.

Because China and India have close trade ties with the EU, and some EU countries are still buying Russian oil and gas, the data show that the EU imported about 19% of its natural gas from Russia last year.

In addition, if Trump's proposal is to be put into practice, it needs the approval of all EU member states, but Hungary and other member states oppose the EU's imposition of more severe punitive measures on Russia.

China's Foreign Ministry responded on the 10th that China is not the manufacturer of this crisis, nor is it the party.We firmly oppose China's behavior, and firmly oppose the so-called economic pressure on China.

(Editor's email: ylq@jfdaily.com)

Original title: "Targeting China and India, the EU will go first, and the United States will follow up! Unable to resolve the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Trump has come up with another bad idea?"

Column editor: Yang Li Group Text editor: Yang Li Group Source: Xinhua Agency

Source: The Liberation Daily