US targets Chinese bank

摘要

The US is targeting a bank controlled by China’s state- owned CNPC for allegedly violating Washington’s sanc- tions against Iran, risking a rift with Beijing as talks with Tehran over its nuclear programme stall again. The US Congress, in one of its last legislative efforts prior to the November elections, has adopted its third major round of Iranian sanctions in two years. The US Treasury on 31 July barred China’s Bank of Kunlun and Iraq’s Elaf Islamic Bank from access to the US financial system for allegedly violating the 2010 Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act.