A number of German officials issued statements on Wednesday related to new US sanctions on Iran, saying they consider those sanctions to be in violation of international law, in that they are intended to have wholly extraterritorial effects.
Perhaps more significantly, the officials say they expect the Trump Administration, in crafting future sanctions, to take the interests of the European Union into account. This seems very unlikely, as the US clearly has focused the sanctions entirely of hostility toward Iran so far.
Indeed, in many cases the sanctions as they exist are directly harming EU companies, and the Trump Administration has been very direct in threatening to punish those companies if they do business with Iran, despite EU law making it clear they may legally do so.
Sanctions going forward are likely to continue that trend, with the US looking to cut off as much of Iran’s international commerce as possible, and having no problem harming European business interests in the process.
Silly Europeans—what Israel and the Adelsons and their ilk wish for is what is important to USA
This is the tactic they should have used from the start. Make us look like the selfish bastards that we are.
They are “considering” EU interests- anything that harms the EU is considered good.
ALL of the US behavior in this situation of Iran is completely illegal,not to mention immoral,cruel and vicious, so of course neither the EU nor the rest of us has any importance or impact.