How China and Russia could hobble Trump’s plans to isolate Iran

United States President Donald Trump has threatened to financially punish any country providing an economic “lifeline” to Iran, as he declared an “economic D-Day” against Tehran. The threat, six months into the US’s costly conflict with Iran, is Trump’s latest attempt to wield US economic power to achieve his foreign policy objectives, after a series of damaging trade wars earlier in his second term in office.

Iran's deep trade ties with Beijing and Moscow could prove difficult for the US to disrupt, say analysts.

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