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E.U. threatens firms that stop doing business with Iran over Trump sanctions
NBC News ^ | Aug. 7, 2018 | F. Brinley Bruton , Andy Eckardt and Carlo Angerer

Posted on 08/07/2018 11:30:57 AM PDT by Innovative

European firms that stop doing business with Iran because of reimposed U.S. sanctions could in turn be sanctioned by the E.U., a special adviser to the 28-country bloc's top diplomat has warned.

“If E.U. companies abide by U.S. secondary sanctions they will, in turn, be sanctioned by the E.U.," Nathalie Tocci, an aide to E.U. foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, told Britain’s BBC Radio 4 on Monday night.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events; Russia; Syria; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: angelamerkel; antonioguterres; brexit; europe; europeanunion; federicamogherini; germany; iran; lebanon; nathalietocci; nato; russia; syria; theresamay; trump; trumpeu; trumpputin; unitedkingdom
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To: Innovative

Dissolve NATO.

Let them fend off the Bear themselves.

5.56mm


21 posted on 08/07/2018 11:46:40 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: Innovative

So much for sovereignty.


22 posted on 08/07/2018 11:47:16 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Innovative

Their choice—do business with Iran and their ally, the EU, or do business with us, the US. Which offers a bigger market, which is more aligned with their values, which subsidizes their defense, and a which actually stands beside them to defend them against attack? They need to choose, us or them. And we need to follow that up.


23 posted on 08/07/2018 11:47:24 AM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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To: wiseprince

The EU is NOT an ally. The reason they were set up, among others, was to compete with the US. They are not an enemy, but that is somewhat blurred as they become overrun by Islam.


24 posted on 08/07/2018 11:48:57 AM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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To: Innovative
Jacob Rees-Mogg,an outstanding member of the British Parliament,once said...when discussing Brexit...”an organization that kicks you in the shins when you try to leave probably wasn't worth joining in the first place”.
25 posted on 08/07/2018 11:49:20 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (You Say "White Privilege"...I Say "Protestant Work Ethic")
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To: Innovative

If you don’t do what I want i’m gonna cut off my toe! Then you’ll be sorry!


26 posted on 08/07/2018 11:52:00 AM PDT by arthurus (djpqbxckf,")
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To: Innovative

“EU is insane and evil. “

If the EU proceeds with such sanctions, it will ensure European corporate support for the next Brexit. And additional support from the populace.

But the EU folks are too stupid to realize it.


27 posted on 08/07/2018 11:52:10 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Reno89519

All of the business don’t matter.

Consider those with large investments in the USA. Daimler Benz, BMW, Volkswaagen, Siemens, Thysssen Krupp, Schneider Electric, to name a few. If they side with Iran, what becomes of their American factories? Their New York banks?

Disaster. Theey have no choice but to desert the EU


28 posted on 08/07/2018 11:52:12 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12) Sanctuary is Sedition)
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To: wiseprince
Why doesn’t the U.S ever play hardball with the EU.

You must have been sleeping since Trump became POTUS. After 30 years of globalist corruption from Bush, Clinton and Obamba hitting grand slams for the globalist, decimating the middle class, Trump is pitching a no hitter with the EU.

29 posted on 08/07/2018 11:52:22 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: catnipman
Impotent posturing is one of their specialties.


30 posted on 08/07/2018 11:53:22 AM PDT by katana (We're all part of a long episode of "The Terrific Mr. Trump")
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To: Innovative

The EUroNazis shoe their true colors, yet again. They definitely have to be replaced, defeated ASAP before they can do any more damage to the various peoples and countries on the continent - and to America. Nobody needs this Fourth Reich dictatorial outfit!


31 posted on 08/07/2018 11:55:15 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ( "Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: Innovative

bluff.


32 posted on 08/07/2018 11:57:25 AM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: Innovative

Waiting for Russia/Russia/Russia to be replaced by EU/EU/EU.


33 posted on 08/07/2018 12:08:57 PM PDT by Socon-Econ
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To: Innovative

Sounds like Obama told them to do the same thing he told California and New York to do.


34 posted on 08/07/2018 12:11:50 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: Innovative

Gee, where’s all the fainters on FR claiming this is a trade war and the EU will suffer??


35 posted on 08/07/2018 12:12:14 PM PDT by CodeToad
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Their decision, but they won’t be doing business with the US if they continue.

Unless Trump decides to turn a negative into a positive like offering these corporations an irresistible deal to move to the U.S. lock stock and barrel.

One way or the other the EU is playing with fire to try and beat Trump at business.

36 posted on 08/07/2018 12:17:58 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: Innovative
Sometimes I'm an outlier on FR, so here goes:

President Trump is going his own way on climate change and bad trade agreements. That's good and long overdue. He's imposing tariffs on supposedly friendly nations who aren't willing to give up the unfair advantage they take of the US. Since we're no longer doing trade and other treaties as a team sport, we have no right to tell other countries how to behave.

37 posted on 08/07/2018 12:23:03 PM PDT by grania (President Trump, stop believing the Masters of War!)
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To: wiseprince

They’re an ally of the democrat party.


38 posted on 08/07/2018 12:25:14 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: Innovative

The EU finally outs itself as fully supporting the mullahcracy of Iran and against the freedom of the people of Iran.

The friends of our enemy are our enemy.

The purpose of an enemy is to provide a thing against which to close with and destroy, utterly and completely.


39 posted on 08/07/2018 12:27:10 PM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: FrankR

so EU companies cannot make their own decisions ?

how very soviet of them munchkin in Brussels

how very chicom

Push the Brexedit for Britain and aim business to them instead of EU islam-surrender-monkeys


40 posted on 08/07/2018 12:30:46 PM PDT by elbook
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