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Germany-Iran trade collapses under U.S. sanctions - report
2019-06-28
[Jpost] Trade between Germany and Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan, the abbreviation IRGC is a cognate form of Stürmabteilung (or SA), the term Supreme Guide is a cognate form of either Shah or Führer or maybe both, and they hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
has collapsed under the impact of United States sanctions, data published by Funke newspapers showed, supporting Iran's assertion that Europe
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
is failing to help preserve the nuclear non-proliferation deal it signed.

Data from the German Chamber of Commerce showed that trade volumes between Iran and Europe's largest economy were down 49% over the first four months of the year compared to the same period in 2018, with volumes continually declining.

The fall - to a total volume of 529 million euros - shows the impact of sanctions, imposed by the U.S. administration of President Donald Trump
...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons......
, that punish companies doing business with Iran by depriving them of access to the U.S. market.

There were some 60 German companies still doing business in Iran, according to Dagmar von Bohnstein, the Chamber's representative in the the country, but they were increasingly working only with local staff.
Posted by:trailing wife

#8  Friday afternoon news dump...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-06-28 17:00  

#7  Not to worry, Germany will easily make it up from thr $60 billion subsidy, I mean cold war era bribe, that they still get for some reason. Plus all the free defense, which is hideously expensive.

Bitching up to the top dog is only natural. Don't forget that part behind the balls, you missed licking that.
Posted by: Herb McCoy    2019-06-28 16:20  

#6  and the devaluation of the Iranian currency
Posted by: Frank G   2019-06-28 10:32  

#5  Indeed.
Posted by: European Conservative   2019-06-28 10:31  

#4  trade volumes between Iran and Europe's largest economy were down 49% over the first four months of the year

Correct me if I am wrong, but this is because German companies have stopped doing business with Iran. Not all of them obviously, but it is not due to some German government policy.
Posted by: SteveS   2019-06-28 10:08  

#3  How funny you are.
Posted by: European Conservative   2019-06-28 09:52  

#2  Not to fear! Chermany vill find a vay to get ze dual use stuff to ze iranians!
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-06-28 08:30  

#1  LOL German lapdogs.

Come on, show us how it's done. Defy the American bully. Hahahaha, spineless wimps.
Posted by: Herb McCoy   2019-06-28 01:35  

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