International calls by aid groups for Washington to ease sanctions on Iran and to allow greater sales of goods to it, to help stem COVID-19, are growing. Under US law, countries that export to Iran are subject to secondary US sanctions. This has contributed to a deeper discussion of the Trump administration’s use of economic sanctions, which in volume and breadth has surpassed previous administrations.
US allies and adversaries will seek legal mechanisms to work around US sanctions.
There will be calls for sanctions if foreign entities or countries have interfered with US elections.
Trump will remove or lessen sanctions if he judges this will produce his preferred outcome.
If Trump is re-elected, Congress will try to increase its own influence over foreign policy.
