United States Sec. of State Rubio: Iran is in a lot of trouble

Dhwani Mehta FXStreet

Following his meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Manila on Wednesday, United States (US) Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that “Iran is in a lot of trouble.”

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Nothing China has done has changed the trajectory of the conflict with Iran.

In fact, in some cases China has been cooperative on the Iran situation.

Would love to reach a diplomatic settlement with Iran.

China and the US have differences but the job is to manage that.

There are areas of potential cooperation.

Disagree with China's activities on Taiwan.

Discussed trade among other things.

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Dhwani Mehta

FXStreet

Residing in Mumbai (India), Dhwani is a Senior Analyst and Manager of the Asian session at FXStreet. She has over 10 years of experience in analyzing and covering the global financial markets, with specialization in Forex and commodities markets.

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