Trump on April 2 stunned the world with massive tariffs that he said would prevent countries like China from “ripping off” the U.S. Chinese leader Xi Jinping ditched official caution and issued a patriotic message casting doubt on whether American voters could bear as much hardship as the Chinese.

"Russia has been excluded from the tariff because it sells almost no goods which could be made in the United States," Christopher Weafer, CEO of Russia-focused consulting firm Macro-Advisory, told Newsweek. "But it still provides things the U.S. needs—titanium, nuclear fuel, fertilizer, and other materials such as platinum."