Azernews.Az

In a bold new statement, U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed sweeping economic measures targeting China and Russia, linking them directly to the ongoing war in Ukraine, Azernews reports.

In a message shared Saturday on his Truth Social platform—framed as a letter to all NATO member states—Trump urged the alliance to impose tariffs ranging from 50% to 100% on Chinese imports. These tariffs, he suggested, should remain in place until the war between Russia and Ukraine is fully resolved.

Trump also signaled his willingness to impose severe sanctions on Russia, but only under specific conditions: full agreement among NATO nations on a unified sanctions package and an immediate halt to Russian oil purchases by all member countries.

“I am ready to do major sanctions on Russia when all NATO nations have agreed, and started, to do the same thing—and when all NATO nations stop buying oil from Russia,” Trump wrote. “I believe that this, plus NATO placing 50% to 100% tariffs on China, to be fully withdrawn after the war ends, will help bring this deadly, but ridiculous, war to an end.”

Trump’s proposal reflects his long-standing strategy of leveraging economic pressure to achieve foreign policy goals and comes amid renewed debate within NATO on how to approach the prolonged Russia-Ukraine conflict.