{"id":1543,"date":"2025-07-07T08:39:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T08:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/?p=1543"},"modified":"2025-07-07T08:39:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T08:39:05","slug":"trump-threatens-10-tariff-hike-on-brics-aligned-nations-as-summit-condemns-us-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/2025\/07\/07\/trump-threatens-10-tariff-hike-on-brics-aligned-nations-as-summit-condemns-us-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Threatens 10% Tariff Hike on BRICS-Aligned Nations as Summit Condemns US Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>MMNN News | July 7, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WASHINGTON \/ RIO DE JANEIRO \u2014<\/strong> In a bold declaration posted on his Truth Social platform, US President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> announced that countries aligning themselves with the \u201canti-American policies\u201d of the BRICS group will face an <strong>additional 10 per cent tariff<\/strong> on their exports to the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cAny Country aligning themselves with the Anti-American policies of BRICS, will be charged an ADDITIONAL 10 per cent Tariff. There will be no exceptions to this policy,\u201d Trump posted, without elaborating on what those \u201canti-American policies\u201d entail.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This announcement came just hours after the conclusion of the <strong>BRICS Summit<\/strong> in <strong>Rio de Janeiro<\/strong>, where leaders from the expanded bloc voiced <strong>serious concerns over unilateral US trade measures<\/strong> and condemned recent <strong>US-Israeli military strikes on Iran<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>BRICS Expands, Finds Unity in Criticism of US<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally formed in 2009 by Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, BRICS has since grown to include <strong>Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, Saudi Arabia<\/strong>, and the <strong>United Arab Emirates<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite internal divisions on various global issues, the summit participants <strong>unified in their criticism of protectionist trade policies<\/strong>\u2014clearly aimed at Trump&#8217;s tariff threats, though without naming him directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWe express serious concern about the rise of unilateral tariff measures that threaten global economic stability,\u201d the BRICS joint statement said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The summit also voiced support for <strong>Iran<\/strong>, condemning the recent strikes by Israel and the United States on nuclear and military targets within Iranian territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tensions Amid Expansion and Absences<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The summit\u2019s political momentum was dampened by notable absences:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>China\u2019s President Xi Jinping<\/strong> skipped the meeting for the first time in 12 years.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Russian President Vladimir Putin<\/strong>, wanted by the ICC over Ukraine, attended via video.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Saudi Arabia\u2019s foreign minister<\/strong> also did not participate in Sunday\u2019s key discussions, highlighting internal tensions within the bloc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>While BRICS has positioned itself as a counterbalance to Western dominance, its expansion to include rivals such as <strong>Iran and Saudi Arabia<\/strong> has complicated efforts to reach consensus, particularly on issues like the Gaza conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even so, the group issued a <strong>symbolic call for a two-state solution<\/strong> in Israel-Palestine, though Iran expressed reservations behind the scenes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Global Tech and Trade in the Crosshairs<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The summit also emphasized the need for <strong>global regulation of artificial intelligence (AI)<\/strong>, cautioning that advanced technologies should not remain the exclusive domain of wealthy nations. While the AI field is currently dominated by American companies, China and others are catching up rapidly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump, meanwhile, has <strong>set an August 1 deadline<\/strong> for trade partners to strike \u201cdeals\u201d or face further tariffs. His actions have rattled global markets, and according to observers, risk undermining long-term diplomatic and economic ties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As BRICS evolves into a more assertive geopolitical player, tensions between the bloc and the United States appear to be entering a new and potentially volatile phase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MMNN News | July 7, 2025 WASHINGTON \/ RIO DE JANEIRO \u2014 In a bold declaration posted on his Truth Social platform, US President Donald Trump announced that countries aligning themselves with the \u201canti-American policies\u201d of the BRICS group will face an additional 10 per cent tariff on their exports to the United States. \u201cAny [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1545,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1543\/revisions\/1545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}