Trump may target Iraq’s oil sector to counter Iranian influence

US President-elect Donald Trump’s planned maximum sanctions against Iran could extend to neighbouring Iraq, targeting OPEC’s second largest crude oil producer and a known hotbed of oil smuggling, according to three sources familiar with the talks. According to S&P Global Commodity Insights, the imposition of secondary sanctions on Baghdad, similar to the US sanctions on … Continue reading Trump may target Iraq’s oil sector to counter Iranian influence