US and China are aligned
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\nUS President Donald Trump said his patience with Iran was running out and that Chinese President Xi Jinping had agreed during their talks in \u200bBeijing that Tehran must reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
\nTrump said later he was considering whether to lift sanctions on Chinese oil companies buying Iranian oil imposed by Washington ahead of his \u200ctrip to Beijing. China is the biggest buyer of Iranian oil.
\nHowever, his comments gave little indication of whether Beijing might use its influence with Tehran to end a conflict it said should never have started.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not asking for any favors because, when you ask for favors, you have to do favors in return,\u201d Trump said, when asked by a reporter on his plane home whether Xi had made any firm commitment to put pressure on the Iranians to reopen the strait.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve wiped out their (Iran\u2019s) armed forces, essentially. We \u200bmay have to do a little cleanup work.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
US and China are aligned beijing US President Donald Trump said his patience with Iran was running out and that Chinese President Xi Jinping had agreed during their talks in \u200bBeijing that Tehran must reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Trump said later he was considering whether to lift sanctions on Chinese oil companies buying Iranian […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-546655","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n