The US and Europe may have found a way to keep the Iran deal alive but there's a catch

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After President Donald Trump made fiercely critical statements of the Iran nuclear deal, the State Department indicated this week that it is open to working with America's European allies to keep it alive, a Reuters investigation found.

The message from the Department states that the administration is open to a "supplemental or follow-on agreement" that fixes the problems of the Iran deal.

It looks like there will be two phases of negotiation with Europeans on the deal's future — one that would address the preconditions for a final agreement, and a second that would work out how the provisions in the Iran deal could be strengthened.

If this agreement can be reached, Trump would renew sanctions relief on Iran by May, as the Iran deal stipulates.

WASHINGTON PARIS MUNICH Reuters - The United States has sketched out a path under which three key European allies would simply commit to try to improve the Iran nuclear deal over time in return for U.S. President Donald Trump keeping the pact alive by renewing U.S. sanctions relief in May.

The approach, outlined in a State Department cable obtained by Reuters and an interview with a senior department official this week, still faces obstacles. The European allies are uncertain what will satisfy Trump and are reluctant to make such a commitment only to find that he asks them for more, two European officials and two former U.S. officials said.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: JIM ROSS: Here's who will take over WWE after Vince McMahonSee Also:Trump has until mid-April to decide if he wants to slap tariffs on steel, aluminum importsTrump's plan to end DACA was blocked by another judgeOlympics officials confirm there was a cyber attack during the Opening Ceremony and Russia's already denying they did itSEE ALSO: Trump rails against Obama and 'the leakin' monster of no control' in tweetstorm, says 'They are laughing their asses off in Moscow'

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