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Trump’s Latest Oil Blockade Brings Bigger Economic Risks

Oil markets shrugged it off, but the effort to hurt Iran could provoke retaliation that inflicts more damage on energy assets and the global economy.

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Rebecca F. Elliott
Newsroom · anteayer
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Oil markets shrugged it off, but the effort to hurt Iran could provoke retaliation that inflicts more damage on energy assets and the global economy.

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