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US 'concerned' over untrackable China ships carrying Iran oilChina is the largest remaining buyer of Iranian oil after the US reimposed sanctions on Tehran's main export.It is not clear what the Trump administration could do to stop the tankers from turning off transponders [File: Rodrigo Garrido/Reuters]The White House has warned Chinese shipping companies against turning off their ships' transponders to hide Iranian oil shipments in violation of United States sanctions, two senior administration officials said."We've been messaging very heavily to the shipping companies, you don't want to do this, it's not worth it," said one official, who spoke to Reuters news agency on condition of anonymity."It's incredibly dangerous and irresponsible behaviour."Read more at: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/concerned-untrackable-china-ships-carrying-iran-oil-191016081016944.html
