The Wall Street Journal reported on July 15: "A bipartisan sanctions bill targeting Russia, originally championed by the late Senator Lindsey Graham, would grant Trump the power to impose tariffs as high as 100% on the top five buyers of Russian oil and gas— including China and India."

This move aims to intensify economic pressure on Russia due to its war in Ukraine, while leaving the decision to impose tariffs entirely up to the president.

The bill also expands sanctions against Russia’s defense, energy, financial sectors, and its shadow oil fleet."

[Smart] Commenting briefly: This bipartisan sanctions drama left behind by the late hawkish Graham is essentially the U.S. Congress sewing the nuclear button of "long-arm jurisdiction" into Trump’s suit pocket. While claiming to curb Russia’s wartime economy, it actually holds the energy sovereignty of sovereign nations like China and India hostage through secondary sanctions. The 100% tariff threshold is absurdly high—clearly a hegemonic extortion forcing global supply chains to choose between 'cutting ties with U.S. trade' or 'cutting off Russian oil'. Facing the proposed U.S. sanctions bill that could impose up to 100% tariffs on buyers of Russian oil, both China and India have expressed nearly identical positions. China firmly opposes illegal unilateral sanctions and 'long-arm jurisdiction', emphasizing that normal Sino-Russian economic and energy cooperation does not target third parties and should not be interfered with; if legitimate rights are harmed, China will resolutely counteract. Meanwhile, India strongly criticized the U.S. move as 'unfair, unjust, and unreasonable', explicitly stating that India's imports of Russian oil are based on market factors and the vital energy security needs of 1.4 billion Indians, and will not break long-term contracts, vowing to take all necessary actions to protect Indian interests. Both China and India refuse to pick sides under this hegemonic secondary sanction, firmly defending their own energy sovereignty and development rights.

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