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U.S. widened Prince Group sanctions and moved to extend Huione-related banking curbs to H-Pay

As of June 25, 2026, the U.S. had expanded its Cambodia-linked scam-network enforcement campaign by sanctioning 35 additional Prince Group-linked targets and proposing to extend existing Huione-related banking restrictions to H-Pay Service PLC and any successor entity.

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U.S.-Iran deal, sanctions waiver and IMO safeguards began a partial reopening of Strait of Hormuz traffic

By June 24, a mid-June U.S.-Iran agreement, a June 22 U.S. sanctions waiver and June 23 IMO safety arrangements had begun to move stranded tankers and restart some Strait of Hormuz traffic, though conditions remained fragile and commercially uncertain.

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US-Iran memorandum entered implementation, but inspections and frozen assets remained unresolved

The June 17 US-Iran memorandum moved into implementation by June 24, with US sanctions relief partly operational, but the sides were still divided over nuclear inspections and access to frozen Iranian assets.

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China imposed immediate dual-use export controls on 10 U.S. entities after Washington expanded Chinese military-company designations

China’s commerce ministry said on 22 June 2026 that it had added 10 U.S. entities to its export control list, immediately blocking dual-use exports to them and barring onward transfers of Chinese-origin dual-use items, after the United States expanded its Section 1260H Chinese military company designations on 10 June.

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U.S. expanded Prince Group sanctions with 35 more targets in follow-on scam-network enforcement

On June 23, 2026, the U.S. expanded its existing sanctions campaign against Cambodia-linked scam and laundering networks by designating 35 additional Prince Group-linked targets and moving in parallel to widen related correspondent-banking restrictions.

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India and the U.S. advanced New Delhi talks on an interim trade agreement within their broader bilateral trade process

India and the United States said on June 24, 2026 that New Delhi talks had advanced pathways toward an interim trade agreement, but the discussions remained part of an ongoing negotiation rather than a signed deal.