The US government seized nearly 1 million barrels of Iranian crude oil allegedly bound for China, according to newly unsealed court documents and a statement released by the Department of Justice on Friday.
If China had a law against shipping oil to the US, and a Chinese ship was going to ship oil to the US, would it be wrong for China to prosecute the ship owners and seize the oil?
The US is not prosecuting the US owners of the ship.
If it was only technically a “Chinese ship” in that a Chinese equity firm temporarily owned the ship and they used that as an excuse to seize the cargo and prosecute the foreign operator, that would also be wrong.
If China had a law against shipping oil to the US, and a Chinese ship was going to ship oil to the US, would it be wrong for China to prosecute the ship owners and seize the oil?
The US is not prosecuting the US owners of the ship.
If it was only technically a “Chinese ship” in that a Chinese equity firm temporarily owned the ship and they used that as an excuse to seize the cargo and prosecute the foreign operator, that would also be wrong.