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Thursday, 26 April, 2012

Switzerland's sticky role in Iran oil sanctions

Switzerland’s commodities trading sector is back on the front burner. Leading companies just wrapped up the first global summit in the field in Lausanne yesterday—a week after Switzerland said it would not fully comply with EU sanctions on trading Iranian oil. Critics are now asking whether this decision wasn’t part of protecting an industry that trades half the world’s crude right here on Swiss soil. Lucas Chambers reports:

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