2mo ago

Trump threatens a 100% tariff on BRICS countries if they abandon U.S. dollar

www.nbcnews.com Trump threatens a 100% tariff on BRICS countries if they abandon U.S. dollar

The president-elect wrote that the coalition of non-Western countries “should expect to say goodbye to selling into the wonderful U.S. Economy” if it backs a currency other than the U.S. dollar.

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2mo ago

Trump threatens a 100% tariff on BRICS countries if they abandon U.S. dollar

www.nbcnews.com /politics/white-house/trump-threatens-100-tariff-brics-countries-abandon-us-dollar-rcna182300

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I don’t think the BRICS are interested in giving up on the dollar. Two of those countries have some of the biggest dollar reserves there are outside of the US.
I think they’re more interested in bilateral trades/payments using their own currencies.
- They absolutely are - the non-American aligned countries are afraid sanctions would prevent their ability to trade at all and want a better medium for exchanging goods. Everyone has seen the damage sanctions caused to Russia and are afraid of what might happen to themselves.