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U.S. Sanctions Additional Iranian Banks
The Trump administration Thursday blacklisted 18 Iranian banks that remain unsanctioned under its economywide pressure campaign. The push weeks before the Nov. 3 U.S. presiden...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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U.S. imposes new Iran sanctions that may spook European banks
The United States on Thursday slapped fresh sanctions on Iran’s financial sector, targeting 18 banks in an effort to further choke off Iranian revenues as Washington ramps up ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Leaked Treasury Documents Prompt Fresh Calls for Updated Anti-Money-Laundering Regulations
A leak of U.S. Treasury Department records on red-flagged financial transactions underscores a message that national security officials, banks and regulators have been sending...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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U.S. imposes Iran sanctions, says U.N. penalties resume despite skepticism
The United States on Monday slapped new sanctions on Iran’s defense ministry and others involved in its nuclear and weapons program to support the U.S. assertion that all U.N....
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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What Britain’s New Sanctions Reveal About US-UK Relations
On July 6, the U.K. did something that it had never done before: it unilaterally sanctioned dozens of individuals across the globe for human rights abuses. Acting pursuant to ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Bill targeting banks over China's Hong Kong law passes U.S. Senate
The U.S. Senate unanimously approved legislation on Thursday to penalize banks doing business with Chinese officials who implement Beijing’s draconian new national security la...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Another Chinese school dodges US software export controls, as Beihang University gets MATLAB engineering program
The US government slapped sanctions on Beijing Aeronautics and Astronautics University almost 20 years ago, alleging it was linked to the military and could contribute to miss...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Australian government asks China for same reduction in trade barriers as US
The Morrison government has asked China to grant Australia the same reduction in bureaucratic trade barriers that Beijing has promised the United States. The requ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Oil price crash prompts tougher US sanctions push on Iran, Venezuela flows: analysts
Rather than compelling the Trump administration to relax its oil sanctions regime, the global coronavirus pandemic and oil price crash may be motivating an even more aggressiv...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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U.S. to Iran: Coronavirus won't save you from sanctions
The United States sent Iran a blunt message this week: the spread of the coronavirus will not save it from U.S. sanctions that are choking off its oil revenues and isolating i...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Would Lifting Sanctions Really Help With Iran’s Coronavirus Crisis?
In a world facing a pandemic, Iran’s struggles with the coronavirus stand out. The country currently has more than 17,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19—growing at about 1,000 pe...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Iran Sanctions Aggravate Coronavirus Crisis
Have years of U.S. sanctions and efforts to isolate Iran affected the ability to get information about –- or aid to help control –- the coronavirus, as it continues to spread?...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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End of Cosco sanctions shows US reluctance for penalizing key oil market players: analysts
The Trump administration's decision to lift sanctions on affiliates of China's biggest shipping company may not be a sign the US "maximum pressure" campaign on Iran is weakeni...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Bolton Book Puts New Focus on Trump’s Actions in Turkey and China Cases
It was late 2018, and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey was on the phone with an unusual request for President Trump: Could he intervene with top members of his cabinet...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Crude oil futures higher on US-China trade deal optimism
Crude oil futures were higher during mid-morning trade in Asia Tuesday on market optimism ahead of the US-China phase one trade deal signing this week. However, anticipation o...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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US, Chinese officials in talks on halting imports of Iranian crude
US officials are working behind the scenes to get Chinese independent refiners to stop importing roughly 200,000 b/d of crude oil and condensate from Iran, in violation of US ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Trump Administration Expands Iran Sanctions
The Trump administration expanded its sanctions campaign against Iran on Friday, as Washington’s chief diplomat said the U.S. would have been negligent not to kill a top Irani...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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New Sanctions Power Could Squeeze Remaining Iranian Trade Channels
Fresh sanction powers authorized by President Trump against Iran could squeeze the remaining trade and finance channels keeping the Iranian economy on life support by threaten...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Trump uses sanctions as a favorite form of retribution — against friend and foe alike
President Trump has deployed them against foreign adversaries. He has used them with publicly traded companies. And he has even, briefly, slapped them on American allies. So ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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FactChecking Trump’s Iran Address
In an address to the nation a day after an Iranian attack on military bases housing U.S. soldiers in Iraq, President Donald Trump made some dubious, misleading and inaccurate ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg