{"id":32321,"date":"2025-08-16T11:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T03:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2025\/08\/16\/trump-says-no-imminent-plans-to-penalize-china-for-buying-russian-oil\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T11:58:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T03:58:00","slug":"trump-says-no-imminent-plans-to-penalize-china-for-buying-russian-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2025\/08\/16\/trump-says-no-imminent-plans-to-penalize-china-for-buying-russian-oil\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says no imminent plans to penalize China for buying Russian oil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he did not immediately need to consider retaliatory tariffs on countries such as China for buying Russian oil but might have to &#8220;in two or three weeks.&#8221;<br \/>Trump has threatened sanctions on Moscow and secondary sanctions on countries that buy its oil if no moves are made to end the war in Ukraine. 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