{"id":6327,"date":"2026-07-15T02:48:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T21:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=6327"},"modified":"2026-07-15T02:48:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T21:48:36","slug":"russia-sanctions-bill-championed-by-graham-would-give-trump-new-tariff-powers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=6327","title":{"rendered":"Russia Sanctions Bill Championed by Graham Would Give Trump New Tariff Powers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"paragraph-content\">\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">If the bill passes, it would be the first time Congress has explicitly authorized the use of tariffs as a geopolitical weapon with the goal of punishing countries financing another nation&#8217;s war effort. 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Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut and Graham&#8217;s chief Democratic partner on the legislation, said Tuesday. &#8220;But actually, it imposes full blocking sanctions on wide swaths of the Russian economy.&#8221; The tariffs, he said, were &#8220;targeted, narrowly limited&#8221; and carefully crafted to avoid penalizing European allies supporting Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Asked by TIME about concerns that Trump might use the bill&#8217;s tariff powers to pressure countries on various other issues, Blumenthal said, \u201cNo more than he does now.\u201d He stressed that he wasn\u2019t concerned about giving Trump more tariff powers. \u201cI mean, right now he is threatening to use tariffs illegally,\u201d Blumenthal said. \u201cHe could do the same here, but this bill is very narrowly targeted, and the authority is confined to the five major purchases of oil and gas, with that 15% exemption, and then the evaders that are enabling trans-shipments and other kinds of avoidance.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the bill passes, it would be the first time Congress has explicitly authorized the use of tariffs as a geopolitical weapon with the goal of punishing countries financing another nation&#8217;s war effort. 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