“The biggest advantage Beijing draws from that trade relationship is geopolitical. Beijing has some interest in preserving the Iranian regime as a thorn in the side of the United States. The share of oil that China imports from Iran is marginal, and it can easily be swapped out for other sources on the global market.”
Andrea Ghiselli (T.wai & University of Exeter) is quoted in the article “The Countries That Could Be Hurt Most by Trump’s Plan to Target Iran’s Economy” on The New York Times.
Research Fellow
Andrea Ghiselli is a non-resident Research Fellow at T.wai, and serves as the Head of Research of the ChinaMed Project. He is also a Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Exeter.
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