ترامب يدرس فرض رسوم جمركية بنسبة 200% على أوكرانيا وروسيا
دونالد ترامب قال إنه قد يدرس فرض رسوم جمركية بنسبة 200% على أوكرانيا وروسيا لإجبارهما على التوقيع على اتفاق سلام، لكنه-expressing doubt about the measure's effectiveness because the United States imports relatively few goods from both countries. His comments followed diplomatic meetings involving Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US envoy Steve Witkoff, including Witkoff's talks with Vladimir Putin in Saint Petersburg.
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- Trump discussed a possible 200% tariff on imports from Ukraine and Russia.
- He said the measure could force both countries to reach a peace agreement.
- Trump acknowledged that limited US imports from both countries reduce the leverage of the tariff threat.
- He raised the proposal during a campaign rally in Florida on 23 October.
- Zelenskyy met Witkoff in Oslo on 20 October.
- Witkoff met Putin in Saint Petersburg on 21 October and said he brought documents outlining approaches to ending the war.
- On 21 October, Zelenskyy said Kyiv was ready for a peace agreement freezing hostilities along the current front line.
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The proposal could add a new trade-pressure mechanism to efforts to end the war. Trump said tariffs might force Ukraine and Russia to sign a peace agreement, but also acknowledged that the relatively small volume of US imports from the two countries limits the measure's practical leverage. His remarks were made amid diplomatic contacts involving Ukraine, Russia and US envoy Steve Witkoff.
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Trump said at a campaign rally in Florida on 23 October that the United States might immediately impose 200% tariffs on Ukraine and Russia to pressure both countries to stop the war. He also said the measure might force them to conclude a peace agreement, while doubting that the tariff threat would be effective because US imports from the two countries are too small. The proposal came after Zelenskyy met Witkoff in Oslo on 20 October. Witkoff then met Putin in Saint Petersburg on 21 October, with Kremlin special representative Kirill Dmitriev also taking part. Zelenskyy said that day that Kyiv was ready for a peace agreement involving a freeze of hostilities along the current front line. Trump separately said that ending the war could be closer than at any previous time.
كيف تصفه المصادر الأوكرانية
Ukrainian coverage centered on Trump's proposed 200% tariffs, his belief that they could force a peace agreement and his doubts about their effectiveness because of limited US imports. The reporting also placed the proposal alongside diplomatic contacts involving Zelenskyy and Witkoff in Oslo, Witkoff's meeting with Putin in Saint Petersburg and Kyiv's stated readiness to accept a freeze along the current front line.
كيف تصفه المصادر الدولية
The proposal was presented as part of Trump's broader assertion that trade threats helped end five armed conflicts. International context also included a disputed precedent involving India and Pakistan: Trump credited tariff threats with helping secure a ceasefire, while India denied Washington's role.
أين تختلف الروايات
Trump said threats of 200% tariffs had helped bring about the India-Pakistan ceasefire. India rejected Washington's role, stating that military leaders from the two countries had reached the agreement directly.
الخلفية
Trump viewed tariffs as an effective instrument for ending wars and had previously claimed that threatening 200% tariffs helped produce the India-Pakistan ceasefire. Witkoff met Zelenskyy in Oslo with Norway's prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Finland's president Alexander Stubb participating, then held talks with Putin in Saint Petersburg on 21 October. Witkoff said he brought Putin documents containing approaches to ending the war in Ukraine.