Rory Jones
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58 appearances
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 22 Jul
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And there's often a number of different factors that are determining the health of the relationship between Washington and Beijing.
And so at times there hasn't really been that political will to really pressure Chinese banks to start working with Iranian entities, for example.
We are reviewing outdated and obsolete designations to help... Scott Bassett has been quite clear that the Treasury thinks that sanctions and the way they're imposed and enforced requires a rethink.
He's been pretty clear that sanctions need to be swift and they need to be very targeted.
And they need to have a limited time scope, essentially, to try to force behavioral change.
Because after that point, you start to see people gaming out ways to get around sanctions.
The jury is really out on sanctions.
The US ability to implement sanctions and to force other governments to change is diminishing.
I think that's clear from the talks between Washington and Iran now.
That being said, I think the US is still the most powerful country economically and militarily in the world.
And people still want access to the US dollar.
The US dollar is still the world's dominant currency.
US products are still globally sought after.
US arms are globally sought after.
So the idea that you can live in a world that's like totally beyond the reach of the US and beyond the pressure of Washington is also illusory, I think.
Yeah, exactly.
You've got these different bubble worlds that are being created, but the US still has the ability to pressure these governments to change for sure.
Well, for Iran, this network has become a critical tool to keep its oil revenues flowing.
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