Trump Floats Possible Tariffs on China for Buying Russia Oil (1)

President Donald Trump said he could punish China with additional tariffs over its purchases of Russian oil, though one of his top advisers played down the likelihood.

Trump floated that possibility on Wednesday after doubling tariffs on Indian goods for buying Russian energy. Responding to a reporter’s question on penalizing China for the same reason, he said that “may happen.”

“I mean I don’t know. I can’t tell you yet. But I can — we did it with — we did it with India. We’re doing it probably with a couple of others. One of them could be China,” Trump ...