
Crude oil prices started the week slightly lower after President Trump called on OPEC to boost production and reduce prices as a way of bringing the Ukraine war to an end. “One way to stop it quickly is for OPEC to stop making so much money and drop the price of oil … That war will stop right away,” Trump said on Friday, adding the threat of tariffs and sanctions for Russia and “other participating countries”. “If we don’t make a ‘deal,’ and soon, I have no other choice but to put high levels of Taxes, Tariffs, and…