If President Trump refuses to waive the sanctions on Iran’s oil exports then we would expect oil prices to rise. However, it is not clear that Congress would vote to re-impose sanctions on the country and, in any case, sanctions are unlikely to be as successful at reducing Iran’s oil exports this time around without the backing of the EU and Asian countries.
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