Oil prices fall back to preconflict levels, but Trump’s comments on Iran show that supply risks remain
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U.S. and global benchmark oil prices have dropped back to levels they haven’t seen since before the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran started at the end of February, but it’s not because risks associated with the conflict have suddenly disappeared.
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