Stockholm (KTN) — The office of Chancellor Stella Kaufman issued a press release condemning Huawan for implementing tariffs against Valkyria, calling it a "betrayal" and "a violation of existing trade agreements" between the two countries. Peonic official Kim Sol justified the implementation of tariffs as being a result of "inactive communication" between the two governments and preventing economic crisis. In response to this action taken by Huawan, Valkyrian trade secretary Kari Markussen announced the implementation of retaliatory tariffs and threatened to close the Mikotoba tunnel, a key centre of trade between the two countries.