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Trump is trying to break the OPEC oil cartel. The UAE has done exactly what he wanted

The United Arab Emirates’ decision to leave the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries advances Donald Trump’s goal of weakening the powerful oil bloc.

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Trump is trying to break the OPEC oil cartel. The UAE has done exactly what he wantedThe United Arab Emirates’ decision to leave the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries advances Donald Trump’s goal of weakening the powerful oil bloc.
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