«Based on extremely productive discussions with Middle Eastern leaders, I have decided to replace the 20% refund tax to the United States with trade and investment agreements that the various Gulf States will enter into with the United States itself». Donald Trump writes it on Truth. «These investments will be huge but, at the same time, extraordinarily advantageous for them and for their future. As everyone knows, the United States boasts the largest volume of dollar investments in history, but these new agreements will further increase this figure”, added the tycoon.
«The Strait of Hormuz is open to all naval traffic, except that of Iran. This is due to his lying, violent and malicious leadership, which is dragging the country towards total destruction.” Donald Trump wrote this again in Truth, reiterating that the United States will impose “a total blockade, but limited to ships headed to Iranian ports or departing from them, or to those carrying cargo linked to Iran”.
Oil prices slow after Trump abandoned plans for a 20% tax on the Strait of Hormuz as the threat of an imminent reinstatement of the US naval blockade of Iranian ports persists. After rising by more than 5% at the beginning of the session, in the midst of the military escalation between Tehran and Washington, the price of a barrel of Brent rose by 2% to 84.97 dollars a barrel while the WTI increased by 1.89% to 79.62 dollars.