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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Graeme Wearden

Trump threat of 100% tariffs against Brics nations raises trade war fears

Donald Trump
Donald Trump has said there is ‘no chance that the Brics will replace the US dollar in international trade’. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

Fears of a global trade war have risen after Donald Trump threatened to impose 100% tariffs on countries in the Brics group if they create a new currency to rival the US dollar.

Writing on his social media platform, Truth Social, on Saturday, Trump declared that he would also act if they supported another currency to replace the dollar.

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