Perspective on the Economic and Strategic Relations between the EU and USA Regarding the Stage of Iran Denuclearization Agreement

• Author: Angela Mihaela Ene
• Pages: 261-265

ISSN: 2067 – 9211 International Relations in the Contemporary World. Geopolitics and Diplomacy

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Perspective on the Economic and Strategic Relations between the EU and

USA Regarding the Stage of Iran Denuclearization Agreement

Angela-Mihaela Ene1

Abstract: The approach of the theme regarding the Nuclear Agreement concluded in Vienna on the 14th of July

2015, between Iran and the United States, Great Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany in terms of economic

and strategic relations between the US and the EU aims to characterize the real stake of the USA initiative, namely,

to withdraw from this agreement. Looking in detail at the meetings between the USA President, Donald Trump and

the French President, Emmanuel Macron on one hand and Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, on the other

hand, we can understand that the real stake of these official meetings is represented by the new possible positions in

the economic and strategic military arena of the three powers: USA, France and Germany. It is understandable that

the subsequent change of terms of the nuclear agreement with Iran is only a reason to reconsolidate US economic

interests to the detriment of the EU and especially of France and Germany, which also arises from the attitude of the

two European leaders.

Keywords: Iran nuclear agreement; USA - EU economic relations; strategic interests

Introduction

Described as a historical step in international security, Iran Nuclear Arrangement is now raising new issues

regarding its continuation and maintenance in the current form, especially by USA President, Donald

Trump. In addition to the de facto aim laid down in this agreement, namely that Iran should substantially

reduce the enriched uranium deposits and laboratories in order to eliminate the risk of nuclear weapons

production and maintain security in the area, there are also major economic interests, both of the EU and

the USA.

Even though the negotiations before signing the agreement in July 2015 were made by all the signatories in

a responsible manner, we can see that now, less than three years after the signing, the USA wants to

withdraw and impose new economic sanctions through the voice of President Donald Trump.

The economic sanctions that the USA wants to implement are extremely harsh, we could say even radical,

more exactly they want US companies and US partner companies to stop all trade relations with Iran,

which is definitely rejected by the EU.

The novelty that we are describing in this analysis, the one regarding the economic foreign policies

between the US and EU, is the US attempt to reset the international rules on economic and foreign policy

cooperation under the auspices of the United Nations and the World Trade Organization. Thus, as part of

an international agreement, the US attempts unilaterally and without deliberating on the economic and

1 Senior Lecturer, PhD, Danubius University of Galati, Romania, Address: 3 Galati Blvd., Galati 800654, Romania, Tel.:

+40372361102, Romania, E-mail: angelamihaela.ene@univ-danubius.ro.