Russia says rising tariffs threaten US and global economy
Zakharova was commenting on U.S. trade policy under President Donald Trump, who has aggressively raised tariffs on countries exporting to the U.S.
Trump last week also threatened heavy new sanctions against Russia and countries that buy its exports unless Moscow agrees to a Ukraine peace deal by early September.
Zakharova told a press briefing that U.S. actions could lead to a "fragmentation of the world economy", and the U.S. had become a source of additional instability in world trade.
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