The TOI correspondent from Washington: In a conflict already defined by unpredictable volatility, US President Donald Trump has declared that he is “permanently opening the Strait of Hormuz… for China and the World,” days after imposing a naval blockade to punish Iran and throwing the world economy into a tizzy.
Trump’s announcement came in one of his customary rambling social media posts in which he claimed China had assured him it would not send arms to Tehran, with which Beijing has close ties, taking in 90 percent of Iran’s oil exports.
