Trump Increases Pressure On China For Pro-Iranian Energy Moves

OilPrice · Simon Watkins · last updated October 20, 2025 – 2:36 PM

Donald Trump’s U.S. Presidency 2.0 differs in one great respect from the 1.0 beta version. The aim is the same – to cement his country as the leading superpower on the planet – but the approach in dealing with America’s rivals has a sharper edge. Nowhere has this been more clearly seen than in his administration’s dealings with the self-appointed leader of the alternative new world order, China. The imposition of further sanctions on more of Beijing’s key mechanisms for effectively continuing to bankroll Iran…

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