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Trump paused Russia sanctions to 'analyse' impact on global economy: Rubio

none@none.com (AFP) · Dawn
Published 18 Oct 2026, 5:07 pm·2 h ago·1 min read
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday that President Donald Trump’s waiver of sweeping sanctions and tariffs on Russia would be a 60-day pause to “analyse” their impact on the global economy. “The president wants to take the 60-day period of time to sort of analyse what imposing both sanctions and tariffs will mean to the global economy and even to the US economy,” Rubio said, noting that the economic restrictions involved a number of countries, not just Russia. He said various conflicts were impacting global energy prices, including the US war on Iran and attacks on Saudi Arabia…

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