US Vice-President J.D. Vance said no firm decision has yet been made.<\/b>
\nUS Vice-President J.D. Vance said on Sunday that President Donald Trump is \u201cthinking\u201d about slapping new tariffs on imports from China in response to the country\u2019s purchases of Russian oil.
Vance was asked in a Fox News interview whether Trump would move against Beijing as he did against New Delhi last week, when the president announced a punitive 25 per cent tariff on Indian imports over the South Asian country\u2019s continued purchase of Russian oil despite his repeated warnings.
\u201cThe president said he\u2019s thinking about it, but he hasn\u2019t made any firm decisions,\u201d Vance said. \u201cObviously, the China issue\u2019s a little bit more complicated because [in] our relationship with China, it just, it affects a lot of other things that have nothing to do with the Russian situation.
\u201cSo the president\u2019s reviewing his options and, of course, is going to make that decision when he decides.\u201d
Trump pledged during his election campaign to stop Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine \u201con day one\u201d of his presidency. More than six months in, he has tried putting more pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the conflict, with little to show.
The executive order that Trump is using to pile more tariffs on Indian goods \u2013 invoking his emergency presidential powers \u2013 does not explicitly name China, but grants the US government broad authority to monitor any country \u201cdirectly or indirectly importing Russian Federation oil\u201d and to recommend whether similar tariffs should be imposed.<\/p>\n