Economics
France Seeks to Rescue Iran Nuclear Deal With Washington Talks
- Top Iranian diplomats in Moscow, Paris and Vienna for talks
- U.S. official declares French proposal a non-starter
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French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire met with U.S. authorities in Washington as part of a plan to offer Iran a $15 billion economic lifeline and rescue the Iran nuclear accord, an idea a Trump administration official said was a non-starter.
The scheduled talks were officially about a French digital tax that has riled President Donald Trump, but they’ve been extended to look at ways that Iran could receive waivers from U.S. sanctions, French officials said.