00:00Speaking at a breakfast meeting on the future of Ukraine, U.S. Envoy Steve Whitcoff said President Donald Trump is considering a tariff-free zone for the country.
00:11The breakfast meeting happened on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos in Switzerland, with panelists including NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Finnish President Alexander Stub.
00:22The president has talked about a tariff-free zone from Ukraine that I think would be game-changing. You'll see industry move into that area in a huge way.
00:32Imagine you get to out-compete because you're not paying tariffs and sending goods into the United States.
00:37Whitcoff said he was headed to Moscow later in the day before continuing his travels towards Abu Dhabi.
00:43Also speaking at the meeting, NATO Chief Mark Rutte praised Trump for his efforts to secure a peace deal in Ukraine.
00:49And he is pushing with Steve Whitcoff, with Jared Kushner, with Marco Rubio endlessly, of course with help from many European zones and power I see here and so many others in this room,
01:00working day in, day out to get the Ukraine issue solved, to get the war brought to an end, a sustainable end where Russia will never ever try to attack again.
01:09Rutte added that the EU plans to free up funds for Ukraine's defense, but said that those efforts wouldn't bear fruit immediately as Russia continues to launch attacks on Ukraine.
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