Ma'aikatar Kasuwanci ta Amurka ta sanar a karo na 9 a yankin cewa za ta dakatar da harajin da ake sanya wa karfen da aka shigo da shi daga Ukraine na tsawon shekara guda.
A cikin wata sanarwa, Sakataren Kasuwanci na Amurka Raymond ya ce domin taimakawa Ukraine wajen farfado da tattalin arzikinta daga rikicin da ke tsakanin Rasha da Ukraine, Amurka za ta dakatar da karbar harajin shigo da karafa daga Ukraine na tsawon shekara guda. Raymond ya ce an yi wannan matakin ne domin nuna wa al'ummar Ukraine goyon bayan Amurka.
A cikin wata sanarwa, Ma'aikatar Kasuwanci ta Amurka ta jaddada muhimmancin masana'antar ƙarfe ga Ukraine, tana mai cewa mutum ɗaya cikin mutane 13 a Ukraine yana aiki a masana'antar ƙarfe. "Dole ne masana'antun ƙarfe su iya fitar da ƙarfe idan ana son ci gaba da zama tushen tattalin arzikin al'ummar Ukraine," in ji Raymond.
A bisa kididdigar kafofin watsa labarai na Amurka, Ukraine ita ce kasa ta 13 mafi yawan masu samar da karfe a duniya, kuma kashi 80% na karfen da take fitarwa ana fitar da su ne daga kasashen waje.
A cewar Hukumar Kididdiga ta Amurka, Amurka ta shigo da kimanin tan 130000 na karfe daga Ukraine a shekarar 2021, wanda ya kai kashi 0.5% kacal na karfen da Amurka ta shigo da shi daga kasashen waje.
Kafafen yada labaran Amurka sun yi imanin cewa dakatar da harajin shigo da karafa daga Ukraine ya fi "alama".
A shekarar 2018, gwamnatin Trump ta sanar da sanya harajin kashi 25% kan karafa da aka shigo da su daga kasashe da dama, ciki har da Ukraine, saboda "tsaron kasa". 'Yan majalisar dokoki da dama daga jam'iyyun biyu sun yi kira ga gwamnatin Biden da ta soke wannan manufar haraji.
Baya ga Amurka, Tarayyar Turai kwanan nan ta dakatar da harajin da ake sanyawa kan dukkan kayayyakin da ake shigowa da su daga Ukraine, ciki har da ƙarfe, kayayyakin masana'antu da kayayyakin noma.
Tun bayan da Rasha ta fara ayyukan soji a Ukraine a ranar 24 ga Fabrairu, Amurka ta samar da tallafin soja na kimanin dala biliyan 3.7 ga Ukraine da kawayenta da ke kewaye. A lokaci guda kuma, Amurka ta dauki matakai da dama na takunkumi kan Rasha, ciki har da takunkumi kan shugaban Rasha Vladimir Putin da wasu mutane, ban da wasu bankunan Rasha daga tsarin biyan kudi na bankin duniya (Swift), da kuma dakatar da huldar kasuwanci ta yau da kullun da Rasha.