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June 15, 2012       Share:    

Source: http://thediplomat.com/2012/06/14/backsliding-in-beijing/

China Takes the Pressure Off Iran

(The Diplomat-Japan) Ilan Berman - So much for Chinese cooperation on Iran, it would seem. In April, China's imports of Iranian crude nearly doubled, surging some 48% to reach 1.6 metric tons. China's shippers have capitalized on the lack of market competition to do a thriving business carrying Iranian oil. Chinese insurers, meanwhile, increasingly have supplanted Western underwriters and guaranteed Iran's foreign crude export shipments. Iran has long served as a key supplier of energy to China, providing nearly 12% of China's total annual foreign crude. The writer is vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington.

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