I don't know if I can understand it when it's so hot.
The sanctions imposed by the United States on other countries take many forms, including economic, military and diplomatic sanctions, as well as sanctions targeting a specific field. Generally speaking, it is divided into limited sanctions and comprehensive sanctions.
Comprehensive sanctions are easy to understand, that is, a comprehensive blockade is imposed on you. Not only the United States has nothing to do with you, but other countries also don't want to have anything to do with you. If other countries do business with you, then this country is also in danger of facing US sanctions. For example, the economic and military blockade of Cuba by the United States over the past 40 years is comprehensive sanctions. 1In February 1996, after the U.S. plane invaded Cuba and was shot down, the U.S. Congress passed the Helms-Burton Act, which stipulated that economic sanctions should be imposed on all foreign companies with economic relations with Cuba. The economic sanctions imposed by the United States on North Korea and Iran today are also extensive economic and military sanctions.
The limited scope of sanctions is much less, and sanctions may only be imposed on industries, commodities and related personnel in one or several fields; Industries, commodities and related personnel that have not been sanctioned can still maintain normal business contacts with the United States. For example, on the independence of Crimea, the United States imposed sanctions on seven Russian government officials, soldiers and diplomats, including matviyenko, Chairman of the Russian Federation Council, rogozin, Deputy Prime Minister and two advisers of President Putin, and imposed visa bans and asset freezes on them, but other Russian officials who were not on the list were not included.
From a military point of view, comprehensive sanctions mean all-out war; Limited sanctions are more like precise local small-scale strikes.
Economic sanctions are the most commonly used means for the United States to interfere in other countries' internal affairs, and are also the countries that use economic sanctions the most in the world. From the First World War to the end of last century, there were 1 15 sanctions against other countries, of which 104 was taken after World War II and 6 1 was initiated in the last five years after the end of the Cold War. After the new century, the United States has imposed numerous sanctions on other countries, such as Turkey, Iran, Syria, Pakistan and even China and Japan.
Back to the topic, because the United States withdrew from the Iranian nuclear treaty and restarted sanctions against Iran, the sanctions were very strong, including economic, military, diplomatic and other fields. For example, the United States banned other countries from exporting weapons to Iran and imposed diplomatic sanctions on many senior Iranian officials. However, the most harmful thing is economic sanctions, which have seriously damaged Iran's economic development. Special emphasis on sanctions against Iran's oil sector is even more fatal to Iran. This sanction is very severe. Whether you do business with the United States or not, as long as you dare to do oil business with Iran, you will face American sanctions, including economic, diplomatic and even military sanctions. So it is difficult for many countries to bear such sanctions. For example, Pakistan, after the war on terrorism in Afghanistan came to an end, the United States cancelled billions of dollars in aid to Pakistan every year on the grounds that Pakistan was disobedient, which immediately put Pakistan's economy in trouble. Another example is the recent disagreement between Turkey and the United States on the Syrian issue, which immediately led to the near collapse of the US financial system and the near bankruptcy of ZTE Corporation in China. If economic sanctions cannot solve the problem, the United States will also impose direct military sanctions. For example, the United States invaded Panama in 1989, and invaded Afghanistan after 91/year is a typical example.
Of course, if you can bear all kinds of sanctions from the United States, you can import Iranian oil, whether you have commercial ties with the United States or not. However, I'm afraid there are few countries in the world that can bear this pressure.
Of course. But there is one more thing to add: you don't need to settle in dollars, you don't need to transfer money through international banks, you take your own country's currency or Iran's back, and you will never have anything to do with the United States again. Don't ask him for help if there is anything. It doesn't matter. Go ahead, son.
One more thing: if you encounter an American fleet blocking the sea, you will definitely not be able to pass, dare not, and he will not let you pass. Stop with a shout! You step on the brake immediately. Come back again! I can only go back the way I came. Break in? Speed is no match for warships. Besides, your whole boat is full of oil, and he pulls the bolt. Captain, it's up to you to pay for the oil or feed the fish. You are very wise. Don't win the lottery. Bless you.
Sure! Why did you suddenly open the oil field to private enterprises last year? This is actually taking advantage of this loophole in the United States, and the United States has proposed sanctions against these companies. Very good! I will deal with some short-selling companies that have nothing to do with the United States, and let these short-selling companies import Iranian crude oil and then resell it to China, leaving the United States with no choice.
But now there is also a big problem, that is, because three barrels of oil monopolize the market, private enterprises do not have their own large refineries, and we can't build enough large refineries in a short time, which makes our domestic ability to digest and absorb Iranian crude oil drop sharply. Now several ships of Iranian crude oil have been piled up in Dalian Port before they can be unloaded. Before President Putin's visit to China, he signed a contract with us to export large-scale oil refining equipment, also in response to the US oil export sanctions against Iraq.
Secondly, US sanctions are comprehensive, and oil tankers are also a big problem. Now the U.S. government's ban is to include all companies that serve Iran in the scope of sanctions, which means that transporting oil to Iran is also the target of sanctions. There are too many foreign trade companies in China with operations in the United States, which makes them afraid to send tankers to transport oil. Now we have reached an agreement with Russia, and private enterprises will rent Russian oil tankers to help us transport crude oil.
Of course, including yourself. If you don't have assets in the United States, you don't plan to travel to the United States, and you don't have to pay for gas with SWIFT. Why not?
Iran has stopped paying in dollars and switched to euros, RMB, rubles, rupees and other currencies.
China has three barrels of oil, and European and Indian multinational companies will stop importing Iranian oil because the United States has state-owned assets.
Small and medium-sized enterprises in China have no business in the United States, and mainly supply the Iranian market. Now is the best opportunity, because the competition is much less.
Europe has just completed SPV (Euro International Payment System), and now it can be used. I believe some small companies will buy Iranian oil through Russia.
China's ClPS (RMB Payment System) has been used for some time, and China also has a RMB oil futures center. Besides selling to small businesses, Iran can also use RMB to sell oil, buy China products, or buy gold in futures centers. Iran has stored a lot of oil in Dalian bonded warehouse, which may be used for futures buyers to pick up the goods.
Now it seems that if Iranian oil is not sold in the futures center, it will be a scene as soon as it opens.
China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang announced that China will continue to buy Iranian oil. If Iran really uses the futures center, we still have an oil option.
So if you support Iran, you can buy several batches of Iranian oil listed in the futures center in the future.
There are many ways for Iran to evade the oil embargo imposed by the United States, and some oil-using countries set up companies to trade with Iran.
So the possibility mentioned in the title exists.
In reality, Uncle Mu has been exposed to similar cases, in other words, it also exists in reality. Do Americans know? Of course I know. But as long as these companies don't use dollars, there are not many ways for Americans to impose sanctions.
Of course, if the United States wants to master the oil trading trends between these enterprises and Iran like Britain and detain and intercept oil tankers at sea, this possibility will not be ruled out.
Why can I import Iranian oil without doing business with the United States?
There are two main reasons:
1) The U.S. oil embargo on Iran actually gives companies all over the world a choice. In other words, if you want to do business with America, don't do business with Iran.
Because any economic exchanges will have traces, as long as you want to check, you can find out.
Nobody can hide it. Therefore, this practice in the United States has embarrassed many companies.
After all, the United States is the largest economy in the world, and the benefits of dealing with them may be even greater.
Therefore, some companies that also do business with the United States have reluctantly given up what they want to do with Iran.
Companies that have no dealings with the United States certainly have no choice.
2) The U.S. oil embargo on Iran is to cut off the trading channels of the U.S. dollar. If companies doing business with Iran don't use dollars, how can Americans cut off their dollar trading channels?
This is why Europeans want to create an instex that bypasses the US dollar and does business with Iran in the form of barter.
Moreover, the companies mentioned in the title that have no contacts with the United States basically do not use dollars.
This has promoted trade with Iran.
Of course, Americans can also find the transaction records between them, and there are many ways to retaliate.
Not much to say here.
It's just that the American oil blockade against Iran is actually a means, not an end, so when there are other interests, we also turn a blind eye.
1. If you want to directly import Iranian crude oil by bypassing the United States, you should be prepared to bear the risk of sanctions regardless of whether you have business dealings with the United States. At present, most of the world's trade settlement is still settled in US dollars, which is limited. If it is a very small amount of imports, it depends on whether it is worth importing through Iranian channels.
2. If the import volume is very large, it is worth taking risks from Iran's point of view, but the United States will never allow such a thing to happen. Judging from the reactions of countries last year, South Korea, Japan and India successively reduced or even suspended the import of Iranian crude oil, and all countries gave in, not to mention enterprises, and the risks were simply unbearable.
As mentioned above, it is still possible to import, but it should be kept within a relatively small range, or within the range that allows the United States to default. Although Iran's crude oil exports have fallen sharply under the sanctions of the United States, they have been maintained at the level of 6.5438+0.5 million barrels per day, openly or openly, and secretly still being exported. Although this is done in secret, it also needs permission from a certain official background. So, if
Although the United States is currently imposing sanctions on Iran, whether in the economic field or the gold field, it does not mean that Iran will not accept other assets. Iran has previously hinted that things can be exchanged for things. In history, there have been examples of Sri Lanka's "tea for oil" and Turkey's "gold for oil".
Therefore, it is not impossible to import Iranian crude oil, but it needs to bear great risks and have relatively hard strength, otherwise it will not be worth the candle!
Obviously, if you only do Iranian business, don't pay in dollars, have no other international trade business, and have no dollar assets (whether in the United States or not), then you can of course import Iranian oil and accept sanctions from the US imperialists.
This topic actually reflects the hegemony of the dollar and the power of American financial strength in the world. Under normal circumstances, the simplest way for the United States to impose economic sanctions on a country or enterprise is to cut off the possibility of the other party using US dollars for bank transfer. For a normal country or enterprise that needs international trade, we can't use dollars, which is equivalent to going shopping today. We can't pay with an Alipay, just like a letter. It's inconvenient for you to either swipe a physical credit card or pay cash. However, international trade is more serious.
First of all, dollar hegemony is called hegemony, which is determined by other people's Jianghu status. I can't dominate it alone! Since the end of World War II, the United States has established the status of the dollar as the world currency through the Bretton Woods system, when the dollar was equivalent to the credit of gold. Moreover, because the production capacity of the United States accounted for more than half of the world at that time, most countries wanted to buy American goods, so the United States undoubtedly established the status of the dollar.
So, have you ever thought about buying things in dollars today, besides paying cash, making money for foreign suppliers or customers through banks? That is to say, whether banks in the United States or not, as long as they use US dollars, they must use the SWIFT system, and the Chinese name is SWIFT. This is an international banking cooperation organization established in 1973, and the substantive control is in the hands of Americans. Through the SWIFT system, the world's major banks remit US dollars from one bank's account to another bank's account according to customers' instructions or their own business needs. The key issue is that the whole process is controlled by the United States.
Therefore, the United States should sanction Iran and companies doing business with Iran, and directly block all accounts related to Iran and accounts of companies and banks doing business with Iran from the SWIFT system. The dollars in those accounts are equivalent to being frozen inside. Therefore, if you go abroad to do business and have the conditions to open an account in a foreign bank, you will find that some big banks support CIPS system, and the Chinese name is RMB cross-border payment system, which is a wholesale payment system specializing in RMB cross-border payment and settlement business, so as to bypass the control of the US imperialists. People who understand, understand!
Therefore, with the help of the SWIFT system and the control of international banks that belong to the United States or have large businesses in the United States around the world, the United States can easily sanction countries, enterprises and even individuals they want to sanction economically and financially. Either you can't pay the US dollars in your account through the SWIFT system, or you are unlucky enough to have a deposit in the Bank of America, and directly order the Bank of America to freeze all your accounts. See how you can jump without money!
Therefore, it is indeed possible to import Iranian oil without American assets, bank deposits controlled in the United States and plans to use US dollars for international trade. Anyway, it doesn't matter if it's not blacklisted in America. After all, he can't go to China to punish you. Some people may ask, isn't Europe also engaged in its own euro and payment system? Can't you do business with Europe? It depends on the attitude of the American emperor. After all, if people are tough, they can arrest Alstom executives and then force Alstom to sell its profitable business to General Electric. Can't we do something similar in the financial field?
(Welcome to explore the concept)
Yes, but it's difficult. The premise is that the company can't settle accounts in dollars, and the shipping company that transshippes and stores Iranian oil can't have any business dealings with the United States. This alone is very difficult to achieve. And now international logistics companies will refuse to accept related business involving Iranian oil for fear of financial sanctions from the United States.
In terms of settlement, there are several ways to circumvent the US dollar sanctions, and the most direct way is to conduct barter trade with Iran. Exchange grain or other commodities such as steel and aluminum with Iranian oil companies at the same value. This is how Russia traded crude oil with Iran, avoiding the monitoring and sanctions of the United States.
Or bypass the Swift dollar settlement system and adopt the European union's instex settlement system to avoid using dollars directly. However, the prerequisite is that the company is in the EU or allowed to use instex settlement tools.
This time, Trump deliberately wanted to kill Iran. The most embarrassing move is to ban any country from importing crude oil from Iran. As we all know, Iran's economic lifeline is the crude oil industry. Once the daily export volume of millions of barrels of crude oil drops to zero, Iran's economy will not be far from bankruptcy.
If a company has no business dealings with the United States, can it import oil from Iran? In theory, as long as it is not caught by the United States, it can. Before that, China and China's ZTE had been trading with Iran, but it was discovered by the United States, so ZTE was executed. ZTE was forced to pay a fine of $6,543.804 billion and promised not to do business with Iran.
How does the United States monitor whether a company has trade with Iran? The most important means is to check whether the enterprise has trade with Iranian companies through the payment system. This system is SWIFT (Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication Association-Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication Association).
SWIFT is the world's leading international payment system, established in 1970s, and headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. It is a non-profit international cooperation organization among international banks, connecting more than 1 1000 banks and securities institutions, market infrastructure and corporate customers in more than 200 countries and regions, and providing payment and settlement services for the international community.
Although the headquarters of this organization is not in the United States, the United States has the means to control it. Through this platform, the United States can master the financial transaction information of countries, institutions or individuals. There is a precedent for the United States to obtain information and impose sanctions through this system.
After "9 1 1 incident", President George W. Bush authorized the Office of Overseas Assets Control (OFAC) of the Ministry of Finance according to the International Emergency Economic Rights Act (IEEPA) to retrieve financial transactions and capital circulation information related to terrorist activities from SWIFT.
In 2003, while the United States sanctioned North Korea, it found that there was a transaction between Banco Delta Asia Macau and North Korea by analyzing the data of SWIFT and New York Clearing House Interbank Payment System (CHIPS).
Based on this investigation result, in 2005, according to the Patriot Act, the US Treasury sanctioned Banco Delta Asia Macau, which had 52 North Korean customers and their $25 million deposits, frozen the bank's funds, cut off the bank's connection with the US financial system, led to a large-scale bank run, and forced other banks to suspend financial transactions with it.
Now the company wants to import oil from Iran, and the scale cannot be too small. When the scale is large, the amount will be high, and it is unlikely to be settled in cash, so the international financial payment system will be used. Of course, you can say, I don't use Swift system. Of course. At present, there is indeed more than one system in the world, but the United States has the ability to obtain the information it wants from each system.