▲ 606 ▼ US seizes nearly 1 million barrels of Iranian oil allegedly bound for China (www.cnn.com) submitted 2 years ago by Rapidcreek@reddthat.com to c/world@lemmy.world 464 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 28 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] dannoffs@lemmy.sdf.org -12 points 2 years ago They plead guilty to violating the IEEPA, which is a law we passed that says if we declare an emergency we can regulate whatever international commerce we feel like. The US being being wealthy enough that companies choose to comply so they can still have our business doesn't make it right. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] dannoffs@lemmy.sdf.org -12 points 2 years ago They plead guilty to violating the IEEPA, which is a law we passed that says if we declare an emergency we can regulate whatever international commerce we feel like. The US being being wealthy enough that companies choose to comply so they can still have our business doesn't make it right. permalink fedilink source parent