We’ll ask what’s actually in the memorandum of understanding brokered by Pakistan and Qatar, and whether the uncertainty’s well and truly lifted for the world’s biggest maritime choke point. Will Iran continue to charge for passage? Will Gulf States pay the US protection money as Trump insinuated in a New York Times interview? Are Europeans right to volunteer naval patrols? And what should those signatories of the 2015 UN-brokered nuclear agreement make of vague US promises of a new deal with Iran? Everything was done
to accommodate the US. Host France even pushed back the G-Seven summit by a day so Trump could enjoy his birthday festivities in Washington. How accomodating should allies be going forward? Produced by François Picard, Rebecca Gnignati, Juliette Laffont, Ilayda Habip, Charles Wente.
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