Trump threatens additional tariffs on countries dealing with Iran
US President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order allowing tariffs to be imposed on countries that do business with Iran, in conjunction with negotiations between Washington and Tehran in Oman.
According to a White House statement, according to the decree, the United States can impose additional tariffs on products it imports from countries that obtain goods or services from Iran, whether directly or indirectly.
The US Department of Commerce, in consultation with the State Department, is scheduled to identify countries that import goods or services from Iran; As the decree will come into effect on February 7.
In a blog post on January 12, Trump announced that countries doing business with Iran would pay 25% tariffs on their trade with the United States.
At the time, Trump confirmed that the decision went into effect immediately, stressing that his decision was decisive and final.
Trump’s new decree comes in light of negotiations between Washington and Tehran, in Muscat, where its first round concluded on Friday, and came at a time of rising tensions between the two countries, amid a US military buildup in the region against Tehran.
Tehran believes that the US administration and Israel are creating pretexts for military intervention and regime change in the country, and it vows to respond to any military attack, even if its limited, and insists on lifting Western economic sanctions imposed on it in exchange for restricting its nuclear program.
Uranium enrichment is a major point of contention between the two sides, and Iran is demanding the lifting of sanctions in exchange for its commitment to curb its nuclear program to prevent the production of an atomic bomb.
In return, the United States is demanding that Iran stop its uranium enrichment activities completely and remove highly enriched uranium from its territory outside the country.
The administration has also sought to bring Iran’s missile program and support for militant groups in the region to the negotiating table, but Iran has repeatedly stressed that it won’t negotiate on any issues other than its nuclear program.
