Donald Trump crossed China’s red line in his attacks on Iran. Beijing has ordered all domestic companies to ignore US sanctions, after Washington hit Chinese firms for buying Iranian oil. Meanwhile, Trump boasted that the US government acts “like pirates”, seizing Iran’s ships and oil. Ben Norton explains the important geopolitical developments. Topics 0:00 US blockade of Iran 0:44 (CLIP) Trump on US piracy 1:30 US seizure of Iranian ships 3:07 Piracy against Venezuela 4:05 (CLIP) Trump on taking oil 4:28 Pirates of the Persian Gulf 5:29 US sanctions on China 4:40 Hengli plant in Dalian 8:21 China challenges US sanctions 9:47 Secondary sanctions threat 10:36 USA crossed China’s red line 13:15 US sanctions 1/3rd of world 13:58 Sanctions are very deadly 15:19 Blockade of Cuba 16:13 US empire’s goal 16:43 New sanctions on Cuba 17:46 Chinese solar panels help 18:31 Blowback: sanctions backfire 19:29 Outro || Geopolitical Economy Report || Please consider supporting us at https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/Support Subscribe to our newsletter: https://geopoliticaleconomy.report/ Join our community on Patreon: https://patreon.com/GeopoliticalEconomy

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