{"id":2816,"date":"2026-10-17T10:03:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T05:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2816"},"modified":"2026-10-17T10:03:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T05:03:54","slug":"trump-waives-key-russia-sanctions-before-they-take-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2816","title":{"rendered":"Trump waives key Russia sanctions before they take effect"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Donald Trump<\/a> waived key Russia-related US sanctions and tariffs days before they were to take effect under a law he signed last month, including duties on the country\u2019s goods and penalties for buying its oil and gas.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In an executive order released by the White House on Friday, Trump said the \u200bwaiver was in the national interest of the United States.<\/p>\n

The law is meant to increase pressure on Russia for its attack on Ukraine<\/a> that began in 2022.<\/p>\n

Trump, however, has been warming toward Russia and publicly criticising Ukrainian \u2060President Volodymyr Zelensky, including suggesting Kyiv needs a new leader.<\/p>\n

Weeks before the US midterm elections in which Trump\u2019s Republicans are battling to \u200bmaintain their narrow grip on both chambers of Congress, the new measures could have risked raising oil prices<\/a> even further while Americans already face \u200bincreased costs largely attributed to the US-Israeli war on Iran<\/a>, analysts have said.<\/p>\n

The legislation,<\/a> whose primary backer in Congress was the late Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, would have imposed tariffs of up to 100% within 30 days on all goods brought into the US from the five largest importers of \u200bRussian crude oil or gas, as well as any country that knowingly bought oil or gas 30 days after the law was \u200benacted or was among the top five countries helping Russia evade sanctions.<\/p>\n

The order said the waiver will remain in effect until Trump or his top \u200cofficials \u2060determine that \u201cfurther action is appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump signed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 in mid-September.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have submitted to Congress a certification that the issuance of such a waiver at this time is in the national interests of the United States,\u201d Trump said in the order.<\/p>\n

Countries such as China and India<\/a>, which are among the biggest buyers of Russian oil, have raised concerns about the \u200bRussia sanctions bill.<\/p>\n

Beijing has said \u200bit \u201cconsistently opposed long-arm jurisdiction that \u2060lacks a basis in international law\u201d while India warned Washington that new tariffs could impact bilateral ties.<\/p>\n

The law allows the president to waive sanctions simply by informing Congress that he has determined that they \u200bare not in the national interest.<\/p>\n

US Representative Don Beyer, a Virginia Democrat, blasted Trump for the \u200bwaiver, saying he \u2060was giving in to Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cTrump\u2019s latest surrender to Putin again betrays our Ukrainian partners and defies clear congressional intent of legislation designed to punish Russia for its illegal war of aggression,\u201d Beyer said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Trump had also faced criticism from several US senators, including \u2060some Republicans, \u200bover a recent diesel deal with Russia in which Trump agreed to lift \u200bsanctions on Russian exports and Russia agreed to supply diesel to global markets in an effort to lower fuel prices.<\/p>\n

The lawmakers who criticised the deal said it \u200bwould help fund Russia\u2019s war efforts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump waived key Russia-related US sanctions and tariffs days before they were to take effect under a law he signed last month, including duties on the country\u2019s goods and penalties for buying its oil and gas. In an executive order released by the White House on Friday, Trump said the \u200bwaiver was in the national interest of the United States. The law is meant to increase pressure on Russia for its attack on Ukraine that began in 2022. Trump, however, has been warming toward Russia and publicly criticising…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}