US President Donald Trump said on June 24 that China can continue to purchase Iranian oil after Israel and Iran agreed to a ceasefire, a move that the White House clarified did not indicate a relaxation of US sanctions.

President Donald Trump said China could purchase oil from Iran, in an apparent reversal of policy after his administration spent months imposing sanctions on Chinese refineries for buying Iranian crude. “China can now continue to purchase Oil from Iran,” Trump wrote on Truth Social as he flew to The Hague for the Nato summit.

President Trump said China can purchase Iranian oil, despite his administration's imposition of numerous sanctions designed to impede such trade. The U.S. has sanctioned Chinese refineries, port opera