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The crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow passage connecting the Persian Gulf to the open sea lanes that carry global energy shipments, has stretched past five months with no resolution in sight.
President Trump is signaling a turn toward economic pressure as Iran takes a harder line on the waterway. The two sides remain far apart.
What economic pressure actually means Economic pressure is the use of financial tools, typically sanctions or trade restrictions, to change another government's behavior without military action.
The shift in emphasis matters because it marks a change in how Washington intends to pursue this standoff. A signal is not a policy yet: what has been indicated and what has been enacted are still two different things.
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