Reference News Network, July 7 report: According to the website of Singapore's "Lianhe Zaobao" on July 7, Trump wrote on the social media platform "Truth Social" on June 6: "Any country that aligns with the anti-US policies of the BRICS countries will be subject to an additional 10% tariff. This policy will have no exceptions."
On July 7, Mao Ning, spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, said at a regular press conference that the BRICS mechanism is an important platform for cooperation among emerging markets and developing countries, advocating openness, inclusiveness, win-win cooperation, not forming blocs, and not targeting any country.
Regarding the imposition of tariffs, Mao Ning reiterated that trade wars and tariff wars have no winners, and protectionism has no way out.
According to Sputnik News, in response to Trump's statement, Dmitry Peskov, presidential press secretary of Russia, said on July 7 that cooperation within the BRICS framework has never, and will never target a third country.
Peskov told reporters: "The uniqueness of an organization like the BRICS cooperation mechanism lies in the fact that it is an alliance of countries that share common values and hold the same worldview regarding the way of cooperation, based on their own interests. Cooperation within the BRICS framework has never, and will never target any third country."
According to Reuters, on July 7, Chrispin Fili, spokesperson for the South African Department of Foreign Affairs, stated that the BRICS mechanism should be seen as an initiative to promote "reform of multilateralism," nothing more. Fili told Reuters: "The main goal of the BRICS countries is to establish a more balanced and inclusive global order that better reflects the economic and political realities of the 21st century."
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