特朗普威脅稱，如果金磚國家採取削弱美元的行動，將對其徵收100%的關稅

Recently Yahoo News on-line picked up the following:

Trump threatens 100% tariff on the BRIC bloc of nations if they act to undermine US dollar

Fatima Hussein

Sun, December 1, 2024 at 3:09 a.m. GMT+8·2 min read

The Associated Press

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday threatened 100% tariffs against a bloc of nine nations if they act to undermine the U.S. dollar.

His threat was directed at countries in the so-called BRIC alliance, which consists of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates.

Turkey, Azerbaijan and Malaysia have applied to become members and several other countries have expressed interest in joining.

While the U.S. dollar is by far the most-used currency in global business and has survived past challenges to its preeminence, members of the alliance and other developing nations say they are fed up with America’s dominance of the global financial system.

Trump, in a Truth Social post, said: “We require a commitment from these Countries that they will neither create a new BRICS Currency, nor back any other Currency to replace the mighty U.S. Dollar or, they will face 100% Tariffs, and should expect to say goodbye to selling into the wonderful U.S. Economy."

At a summit of BRIC nations in October, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the U.S. of “weaponizing” the dollar and described it as a “big mistake.”

“It’s not us who refuse to use the dollar,” Putin said at the time. “But if they don’t let us work, what can we do? We are forced to search for alternatives.”

Russia has specifically pushed for the creation of a new payment system that would offer an alternative to the global bank messaging network, SWIFT, and allow Moscow to dodge Western sanctions and trade with partners.

Trump said there is "no chance" BRIC will replace the U.S. dollar in global trade and any country that tries to make that happen "should wave goodbye to America.”

Translation

特朗普威脅稱，如果金磚國家採取削弱美元的行動，將對其徵收100%的關稅

佛羅裡達州西棕櫚灘（美聯社）- 當選總統特朗普週六威脅稱，如果金磚九國家採取行動削弱美元，將對其徵收 100% 的關稅。

他的威脅是針對所謂的金磚國家聯盟的國家，該聯盟由巴西、俄羅斯、印度、中國、南非、埃及、衣索比亞、伊朗和阿拉伯聯合酋長國組成。

土耳其、亞塞拜然和馬來西亞已申請成為會員，其他幾個國家也表示有興趣加入。

儘管美元是迄今為止全球商業中使用最廣泛的貨幣，並且在過去對其卓越地位的挑戰中生存下來，但聯盟成員和其他發展中國家表示，他們厭倦了美國在全球金融體系中的主導地位。

特朗普在《真相社會》貼文中表示：「我們要求這些國家承諾，他們不會創造新的金磚國家貨幣，也不會支持任何其他貨幣來取代強大的美元，否則，他們將面臨100%的關稅，並且應該預計將告別美好的美國經濟。

在十月的金磚四國峰會上，俄羅斯總統普京指責美國將美元“武器化”，並稱這是一個“大錯誤”。

普京當時表示:「不是我們拒絕使用美元」; 「但是如果他們不讓我們運作，我們能做什麼呢？我們被迫尋找替代方案」。

俄羅斯特別推動創建一個新的支付系統，該系統將提供全球銀行資訊網路 SWIFT 的替代方案，並使莫斯科能夠避開西方制裁並與合作夥伴進行貿易。

特朗普表示，金磚國家「不可能」在全球貿易中取代美元，任何試圖實現這一目標的國家「都應該向美國揮手告別」。

So, President-elect Donald Trump has threatened 100% tariffs against a bloc of nine nations if they act to undermine the U.S. dollar. I am wondering how BRIC alliance will response to this warning from Trump. I think tariffs war is a double-edged sword that can cut both ways.