After India, will China be Donald Trump’s next target? How much secondary tariff can he impose on Beijing for buying Russian oil?

Donald Trump with Xi Jinping (File Picture)

China will be the next country to be slapped by Donald Trump with additional tariffs to buy Russian crude oil? The country, which makes business with Russia clearly and defends its decision in the most brazen ways, is outside the US President’s focal point for obvious reasons. Washington ignores the commercial activities of the main enemy, and will not deliberately be uncomfortable without signing a trade agreement. The deadline for signing the China-US Trade Agreement is August 12th. However, the US can be extended as it does with Mexico or a 90 -day gap may be allowed.

China-Russia Binary Trade

China-Russia bilateral trade was 545.32 billion dollars in the 2024 financial year. Beijing exported 321.78 billion dollars of goods, while importing products worth 223.54 billion dollars during the period. China has a trading surplus of 98.24 billion dollars in the 2024 financial year. China appeared in 2024 as the greatest buyer of Russian oil. It imported Russian oil worth $ 62.6 billion compared to India’s $ 52.7 billion.

How much Russian oil is buying China?

China’s Russian oil imports in 2024 increased by 15.5% of the 2018-2021 average because it constituted 21.5% of total raw imports. Chinese “teapot” refineries or small -scale private property facilities, which were largely connected to discounted materials, were the main beneficiaries. Although the US President did not directly warn China, he left clues that he would not back up the main enemy dragon. When asked why he chose India, Donald Trump warned that more penalties were received for countries that buy Russian energy products. He said, “You will see much more. So this is a taste. Without taking the name of China,” You will see much more. You will see too many secondary sanctions. “

Beijing said it would not go into US threats anyway. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said at a press conference last week that “China will take energy supply measures based on national interests”. “There is no winner of tariff battles,” he said.