US President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to impose 100% tariffs on a bloc of nine nations if they were to create a rival currency to the US dollar. "The idea that the BRICS Countries are trying to move away from the Dollar while we stand by and watch is OVER,

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, commenting on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs on BRICS countries if they create their own currency, said on Monday that any U.S. attempt to compel countries to use the dollar would backfire.