Trump Threatens BRICS Countries With 100% Tariffs if They Ditch the Dollar | naked capitalism

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : There is no chance that the BRICS will replace the US dollar in international trade, and any country that tries should wave goodbye to America," the president-elect said.
48% : According to De Haan, consumers in the Midwest, where refineries process 70% of the 4M-plus bbl/day of Canadian crude imports, could end up paying ~10% for their gas if Trump goes ahead with his tariffs Canada and PADD 2 refiners are inextricably linked, with few options to divert and substitute," Rapidan Energypresident Bob McNally told Bloomberg, referring to the market in the upper Midwest.
44% : But it's not just BRICS that Trump has beef with.
41% : "The idea that the BRICS countries are trying to move away from the dollar while we stand by and watch is OVER.," Trump wrote in a social media post early Sunday.

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