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taspeotis04/03/20255 repliesview on HN

They’re sanctioned up the wazoo

> U.S. total goods trade with Russia were an estimated $3.5 billion in 2024.

Among European Union members:

> The total bilateral trade in goods reached €851 billion in 2023.


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christianqchung04/03/2025

That makes no difference to who should get tariffs by the administration's own logic. They're cozying up to Russia. No other explanation is feasible.

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Extasia78504/03/2025

Ukraine has around $1.2 billion and still got 10% tariffs.

rvba04/05/2025

Europe buys oil and gas from Russia. But EU has set maximum prices what screws russia.

bamboozled04/03/2025

Considering Russia has been disobeying orders and Australia and Japan have done almost nothing to the USA, then why not give it to them a bit harder?

thiht04/03/2025

So? Let’s not give it too hard to poor Russia?