The Senate just agreed to hand Trump a tariff weapon against Russia. Will he use it?

It’s out of the chamber and aimed at the Kremlin. New legislation that could impose major costs on Moscow’s trading partners cleared the US Senate today, at a time when the Russian economy is teetering and Ukraine is increasingly striking behind Russian lines. The 86-11 vote sends the bill, which has President Donald Trump’s blessing, to the US House. We turned to our experts to break down what exactly the act would accomplish and its prospects of becoming law.

TODAY’S EXPERT REACTION BROUGHT TO YOU BY

John Herbst (@JohnEdHerbst): Senior director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center and former US ambassador to Ukraine

Leslie Shedd (@leslieshedd): Nonresident fellow at the Eurasia Center and former congressional aide, most recently at the House Foreign Affairs Committee

Charles Lichfield (@clichfield1): Director of economic foresight and analysis and C. Boyden Gray senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s GeoEconomics Center