The Federation Council appreciated Trump's announcement of trade duties against BRICS supporters

The announcement by US President Donald Trump of trade duties against BRICS supporters should be treated as a strange sensation. Andrey Klimov, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council's International Affairs Committee, expressed this opinion on Monday, July 7.

On July 6, the American leader announced that he plans to impose additional duties of 10% on countries that support the BRICS policy. 360.ru . He stressed that there would be no exceptions to this policy, writes "Moscow 24".

Klimov drew attention to the fact that it was an American leader's post on a social network, not a document.

"The statement apparently appeared due to the fact that a lot of attention in the world is being paid to the BRICS summit, and Mr. Trump reacted in such a way as to obviously show his voters that everything is under control, I will punish everyone, don't be afraid of anything," the senator admitted.

Klimov added that in the entire history of the BRICS, he had not heard a single direct anti-American statement from any country in the alliance. The only exception may be Iran, but this is rhetoric in connection with the Middle East crisis.

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On July 6, the BRICS member states issued a statement following the 17th summit held in Rio de Janeiro calling for the lifting of unilateral economic sanctions that seriously damage human rights. Life.Ru . The members of the association also stated the need to reform the World Trade Organization (WTO) in order to restore confidence in this important institution.

On July 4, Bloomberg reported that the heads of the BRICS countries intend to make a negative statement regarding unilateral coercive economic measures at the end of the summit in Rio de Janeiro. It was clarified that we are most likely talking about duties imposed by Trump, but the draft statement prepared for the meeting in Brazil does not mention specific countries.