To understand why several European companies were submitting to the US approach towards Iran, rather than making decisions based on the EU policy, we carry out a review of how US/EU members-Iran relations affected European trade with Iran before the JCPOA. More specifically, we analyze the period going from 1971 until 2015. The results indicate that, contrary to our expectations, today’s scenario is not a given in US-EU-Iran relations.

Speaker:

Pau Maturana Nolla, Autonomous University of Barcelona

This talk is part of our Geneva International Sanctions Network (GISN) organised by the Global Governance Centre.