The Trade Fight Between the U.S. and China Is Weighing on Oil Prices

Crude explorers deployed fewer rigs in U.S. fields this week amid an escalating U.S.-China trade war that weighed on oil prices.

Pressed by investors to show more austerity and return profits to shareholders, explorers spent the first five months of this year idling almost 10 percent of the onshore U.S. rig fleet. The outlook for oil demand has soured amid a protracted trade dispute between the U.S. and China, the world’s largest economies.

China Talks May Get Worse Before They Get Better, Asia Society’s Stone Fish Says.

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Source: Bloomberg.com