Stammer, after calling the White House, said both sides reached an agreement: China can no longer continue to buy Russian oil!
UK Prime Minister Stammer recently revealed that he had a phone call with the US president before the latter departed for Malaysia. The core issue of this transatlantic dialogue was that China should no longer continue to buy Russian oil. Stammer claimed that both sides have reached an agreement on this issue.
Stammer even claimed that after the EU and the US imposed sanctions on major Russian oil companies, Russia's war capability has clearly declined.
According to reports, India has been subjected to a 25% punitive tariff by the US for purchasing Russian oil, but the US has hesitated to do the same to China. In front of China, the White House has repeatedly publicly stated that it will not impose additional tariffs and has discussed the possibility of China purchasing American oil.
China's scale of oil imports from Russia is huge.
In January-September 2025, China imported 74.05 million tons of crude oil from Russia, and Russia continued to maintain its position as the largest supplier of crude oil to China.
Moreover, during this period, the trade volume between the two countries reached 163.62 billion US dollars, with China's import volume from Russia reaching 90.05 billion US dollars, mostly energy products such as oil and natural gas. Such a large import volume, can it be stopped just like that?
The US hopes to cut off Sino-Russian energy trade in order to force China to purchase American oil. The UK, on the other hand, hopes to use this to exert pressure on China, thus gaining leverage for negotiations with China in other areas.
But ultimately, both sides have a common goal, which is to join hands to put pressure on China to follow the Western arrangement.
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