Despite international outcry, the United States is continuing its pursuit of protectionist trade policies and dismantlement of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) regarding Iran’s nuclear program. As negotiations over new US tariffs have soured and the Trump administration announced secondary sanctions against countries that continue to import Iranian oil after November 4, 2018, the calls for resistance–and outright retaliation–by the Rising Powers are growing louder. Read more here.