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| How Trump could kill the Iran nuclear deal in January |
| 2017-12-28 |
| [Politico] President Donald Trump allowed the Iran nuclear deal to survive through 2017, but the new year will offer him another chance to blow up the agreement ‐ and critics and supporters alike believe he may take it. By mid-January, the president will face new legal deadlines to choose whether to slap U.S. sanctions back on Tehran. Senior lawmakers and some of Trump's top national security officials are trying to preserve the agreement. But the deal's backers fear Trump has grown more willing to reject the counsel of his foreign policy team, as he did with his recent decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The decision represents an opportunity for Trump to deliver on a campaign promise to rip up the Iran deal, one he has repeatedly deferred at the urging of senior officials. When Trump last publicly addressed the status of the Iran agreement, in mid-October, he indicated his patience had worn thin with what he has called "the worst deal ever," and demanded that Congress and European countries take action to address what he considers the deal’s weakness. "[I]n the event we are not able to reach a solution working with Congress and our allies, then the agreement will be terminated," Trump said in an Oct. 13 speech. The three months since then have shown little progress toward such a solution. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 The cash was already transferred, the previously blocked products have already been bought; at this point what difference does it make whether the deal is killed or not? Because found treasure is quickly spent on day-to-day items, equipment has to be replaced all the time and parts acquired just to maintain existing equipment. With the sanctions on, companies have to choose between doing business with the US and doing business with Iran. This means that for Iran, in order to get around sanctions, every import item is more expensive, and every export item gets it less revenues than without sanctions. Over time, this has greatly weakened the regime. A re-imposition means Iran will never get the headroom for economic expansion that China has gotten for 4 decades. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2017-12-28 23:33 |
| #4 Kill the deal, if only to stick a thumb in Obama's eye & watch the press wail about it. |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-12-28 11:51 |
| #3 Glenmore, Malice of forethought. |
| Posted by: A. Omereck6265 2017-12-28 11:23 |
| #2 The cash was already transferred, the previously blocked products have already been bought; at this point what difference does it make whether the deal is killed or not? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2017-12-28 10:56 |
| #1 He needs to drive a cadmium stake through the heart of the so called agreement. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2017-12-28 10:47 |