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Iran And Trading Partners Will Find Ways To Skirt Sanctions, Analysts Say
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The Trump administration hopes the sweeping sanctions it has imposed on Iran's oil, shipping and banking industries will cripple its economy and force it to negotiate a new nu...
By Peter Harrell & Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Trump Has Only Sticks, No Carrots
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The Trump administration imposed crippling sanctions on Iran on Monday in a widely anticipated slap at the country. The penalties, which grew out of President Trump’s decision...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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U.S. sanctions take toll on the ill in Iran as medicine becomes scarce
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The first wave of U.S. sanctions against Iran was looming when doctors gave Aram Rawanshad the bad news. It was early June when she learned she was suffering from endometrios...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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U.S. Unilaterally Reinstates Sanctions On Iran In Attempt To Change Its Behavior
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The Trump administration says it will be relentless with its sanctions against Iran until it's a "normal country," but still giving major importers of Iranian oil a chance to ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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US gives waivers to Iran's top oil buyers to avoid price shock: Trump
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The goal of keeping oil prices in check was central to the US decision to grant waivers to the top importers of Iranian crude, President Donald Trump said Monday, as his admin...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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It's Crunch Time for Trump Versus the World on Iran Sanctions
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In the six months since President Donald Trump quit the Iran nuclear deal, he’s been demanding that Tehran -- and the rest of the world -- bend to his will. Come Monday mornin...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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China may be biggest hurdle to US maximum pressure campaign on Iran: analysts
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During a roughly 20-minute call with reporters Friday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin mentioned the Trump administration's "maximum press...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Trump faces complaints that new Iran sanctions are too weak
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A battle is brewing between the Trump administration and some of the president’s biggest supporters in Congress who are concerned that sanctions to be re-imposed on Iran early...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Can the U.S. Make Oil Sanctions on Iran Work?
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With two weeks to go until U.S. sanctions officially take aim at Iran’s oil exports, it’s not at all clear how much crude Iran is still selling—or which countries will keep bu...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Mnuchin to Decide by Friday Whether to Cancel on Saudi Conference
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The disappearance of a Saudi dissident journalist has put Steven Mnuchin, the United States Treasury secretary, in an increasingly tenuous position as he prepares to attend an...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Europe steps up drive to exempt Swift from Iran sanctions
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European finance ministers will try to persuade the Trump administration not to cut off Iran’s access to Swift, the global financial messaging service, in meetings with Steven...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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As oil prices rise, US locks in on Iran sanctions
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Rising global oil prices will not deter the Trump administration from pushing sanctions forward on Iranian crude exports in November, several analysts told S&P Global Plat...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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There's A Showdown Coming Between The U.S. And Countries Doing Business With Iran
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Iranian oil exports are tumbling ahead of the reimposition of sanctions in early November by the Trump administration. But Iran's biggest oil customer, China may try and circu...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Too big to sanction? U.S. struggles with punishing large Russian businesses.
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When the Treasury Department imposed tough sanctions on Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska and his companies in April, the fallout for the Putin ally was fast and fierce. Western...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Trump administration’s use of sanctions draws concern
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February was a typically busy month for U.S. officials who announce government sanctions. One package of measures issued by the Treasury Department targeted North Korea, with ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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The U.S. is trying to find a discreet way to pay for Kim Jong Un’s hotel during the summit
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At an island resort off the coast of Singapore, U.S. event planners are working day and night with their North Korean counterparts to set up a summit designed to bring an end ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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For European firms, resisting American sanctions may be futile
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“Donald Trump is the sort of guy who punches you in the face and if you punch him back, he says ‘Let’s be friends’. China punched back and he retreated. The Europeans told him...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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US and EU head for showdown over shutting Iran off from finance
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The US and EU are heading for a showdown over how to handle one of the linchpins of the global financial system following Donald Trump’s decision to re-impose sanctions on Ira...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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French oil giant Total seeks Iran sanctions waiver from Trump for $2 billion project
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The French oil giant Total threatened Wednesday to pull out of a $2 billion natural gas project in Iran if President Trump does not give it a waiver from sanctions he reimpose...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Crude prices rise despite Saudi pledge to ‘mitigate’ effect of U.S. sanctions on Iranian exports
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President Trump’s decision to scrap the Iran nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions has sent global buyers of Iranian oil scrambling to line up other sources of supply. Saudi Ara...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
