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Oil Prices Hike Up as China-U.S Trade War Rages on

Bipasha Mandal
Bipasha Mandal
Bipasha Mondal is writer at TechGenyz

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Following the cutback that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC in short made on the amount of crude supply back in December, the price of oil went as high as $57 a barrel in the U.S. The decision made by the organization also resulted in a drop in U.S crude inventories, as pointed out by the American Petroleum Institute. OPEC, Russia, and other non-members came to the decision that they would cut the supply by 1.2 million barrels per day in 2019.

The drop in the crude supply may have resulted in the hike of petrol price in the U.S. Shortly before; China said that they were looking for ways to resolve the currently going on trade dispute with the United States, and as such, China was hoping to plan talks with the United States. Both of these countries have been at a trade war with each other for much of the last year, which economically affected both of these countries resulting in roiling financial markets. Manufacturing activities in Europe have been affected by this conflict going on between the two countries. China’s commerce ministry informed that the above-mentioned talk might take place in Beijing on January 7-8.

Jitters over the health of the global economy look set to endure but are being lost on the oil market, at least for the time being. That said, whether this bout of price strength can be sustained is far from certain. – Stephen Brennock, oil broker PVM

ICE Brent crude faced an overall 84 cents increase, priced at $56.79 a barrel by 0932 GMT, and U.S crude oil rose to 81 cents, bringing the price up to $47.90. The American Petroleum Institute further mentioned yesterday that the U.S crude stocks fell by 4.5 million barrels last week. If the trade dispute between China and the U.S is not resolved anytime soon, it may lead to a global economic slowdown. However, both the Bren crude and the U.S crude oil are still on track for solid gains as of the year’s first week.

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