Oil fell 1% on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump urged Saudi Arabia and OPEC to bring down its cost during his address at the World Economic Forum.
Oil prices edged up on Friday but remained on track for a weekly decline after U.S. President Donald Trump announced sweeping plans to boost U.S. production and demanded that OPEC move to lower crude prices.
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President Donald Trump doubled down on ending the war in Ukraine during his speech at Davos a day after threatening Russia and Putin with tariffs and sanctions.
Trump is driving uncertainty in oil markets as he pressures OPEC to boost production while threatening some trade partners with tariffs.
Trump said he planned to ask the oil cartel to lower prices, which he said would lead to a swift end to Russia's war in Ukraine.
The president's remarks follow an announcement by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince that the kingdom will invest $600 billion in the US.
During a speech to the World Economic Forum on Thursday, President Donald Trump pressured the Saudi Crown Prince to increase his planned $600 billion investment in the U.S. "to a round $1 trillion" and to lower the global price of oil.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday (January 23, 2025) said he will demand Saudi Arabia and OPEC bring down the cost of oil and will ask Riyadh to increase a planned U.S. investment package to $1 trillion from an initial reported $600 billion.
Markets rose Friday after a record day on Wall Street in response to Donald Trump's tax-cut pledge, while the yen strengthened after a widely expected interest rate hike by the Bank of Japan.
Oil prices on Friday are headed towards a drop for this week, the first this year, following US President Donald Trump's remarks on Thursday asking Opec to bring down the cost of crude. Concerns about Mr Trump’s trade policies and proposed tariffs on China,