U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday appeared to propose a change in policy towards Iran, suggesting that China—one of Iran’s few allies and a major trading partner—might be permitted to purchase Iranian oil.
In a social media post on Tuesday, Trump wrote that “China can now continue to purchase oil from Iran.” That would be a major shift in U.S. policy, which has tried to constrain Iran’s oil trade with the rest of the world, including China.
