UK, Germany and France Create System to Bypass US Sanctions

The UK, Germany and France have created a new payments system to allow European businesses to trade with Iran without falling foul of US sanctions.

All three opposed last year’s decision by President Donald Trump to abandon a 2015 deal under which international sanctions on Iran were lifted.

Some of the US sanctions make it difficult for European banks to make direct payments to Iran.
The US said sanctionable activity with Iran risked “severe consequences”.

By creating a new payment channel, based in Paris, and managed by a German banker, the UK, France and Germany hope to enable companies to continue to trade with Iran.

Many other existing payment channels have links to the US, which means making payments to Iran is difficult.
For now the new payment system is expected to only apply to food and medical products which are not subject to sanctions. Oil, Iran’s main source of foreign exchange, will not be covered.

via BBC

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