U.S. to impose tariffs on countries that buy oil or gas from Venezuela

The United States government announced that it will impose a 25% tariff on trades from countries that buy oil or gas from Venezuela.

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00:00And the United States government announced that it will impose a 25% tariff on trades

00:04from countries that buy oil or gas from Venezuela.

00:08The measure imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump will take effect on April 2nd of this

00:12year, which is referred to as Liberation Day in America.

00:17In the publication made on social media, Trump assured that the new coercive action responds

00:21to the alleged hostilities of the South American country against Washington regarding its freedoms.

00:26The White House's demand is added to the conglomerate of criminal sanctions applied

00:30to the Venezuelan people, including the most recent elimination of the license granted

00:33to U.S. company Chevron to operate in Venezuela.