The sanctions have reached an impasse; What is Trump's next option?

The sanctions have reached an impasse; What is Trump's next option?

🔹 Semfor news base: "Continued trade relations between Iran and China and the failure of economic pressures to change Tehran's calculations have revealed the limitations of the US government's sanctions strategy; A situation that, along with the possibility of renewed military attacks by Washington, complicates the prospect of a diplomatic solution to the conflict."

This report considers Iran's continued trade relationship with China as another limitation of the Trump administration's sanctions strategy; a country that has little motivation to implement the United States' unilateral restrictions. Philip Locke, director of the economic program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), said that China sees the US sanctions as unilateral and illegal actions, and therefore has no desire to comply with them.

Irna Jahan