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Trump warns BRICS nations could face 100% tariffs

WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that BRICS nations could face 100% tariffs from the United States "if they want to play games with the dollar."
Reuters
By Reuters
13 Feb
BRICS Summit Hosted In Johannesburg President Cyril Ramaphosa with fellow BRICS leaders, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at the BRICS Summit in Sandton on 24 August 2023. (Photo: Per-Anders Pettersson / Getty Images)

"If any trading gets through, it'll be 100% tariff, at least," he said in response to a question about the BRICS nations - Brazil, Russia, India and China - setting up their own currency.

(Reporting By Steve Holland; Editing by Chris Reese)

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Neil Tabraham 14 February 2025 07:53 AM

Trump - "If you don't use the dollar I'll repeatedly punch myself in the face until you stop" Rest of the world - okay

m***l@c***.com 14 February 2025 08:55 AM

The BRICS nations could retaliate with their own tariffs on U.S. goods, but they import far less from the U.S. than they export. This means the U.S. could inflict greater economic pain on BRICS than vice versa.

r***n@g***.com 14 February 2025 09:04 AM

Well so far he tends to follow through on every promise so I would listen if I was Bricks.