President Donald Trump waived new Russia-linked duties in an October 16 order, keeping the additional tariffs from applying as October 18 arrives. The order specifies duties of 500% on Russian goods and 100% on goods from certain Russian-energy importers and sanctions-evasion facilitators, subject to exceptions. The waivers have no fixed expiry. The order preserves earlier sanctions within a specified scope. Keeping the duties waived could limit an additional tariff and energy-inflation shock, easing one potential source of funding pressure on Bitcoin.