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With Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin readying to strike a deal, the sanctions regime is crumbling.

Brace for the return of Russian commodities? They never really left

The West’s sanctions around oil exports and other commodities from the Putin regime are crumbling — in reality, if not in law yet. And the stakes are huge.

  • Javier Blas

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US President Donald Trump.

When it comes to energy, Donald Trump is China’s useful idiot

Trump’s plans to “drill, baby, drill” at the expense of clean energy is a blessing for China. For at least the next four years, the US is withdrawing from the greatest economic battle of our time.

  • Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
US President Donald Trump said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had told him he was ready to make a deal to end the war.

Trump tells the world to invest in US or pay the price

Donald Trump has sent a clear message to “every business in the world” as he addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos.

  • Michael Koziol
US President Joe Biden speaks on the death of Alexey Navalny, Russian opposition leader, in the White House.

Biden tightens the noose on Putin with a farewell blitz

In its dying days, the Biden administration has taken aim at Russia with a barrage of fresh sanctions. It will help Donald Trump.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Order your espresso now for a bumpy year in coffee, oil and other commodities

Coffee will be more expensive in 2025, and anyone trading or observing energy and commodity markets into the new year will need caffeine to survive.

  • Javier Blas
Viva Energy, owner of the Geelong oil refinery, is seeking approval to begin importing liquefied natural gas into Victoria for the first time.

Is there a new energy future for Australia’s remaining oil refiners?

A sprawling oil refinery in Geelong — one of just two left in Australia — is pushing to develop greener products and import gas amid questions about its future.

  • Nick Toscano
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Donald Trump wants a massive boost in US oil production to lower US petrol prices. The oil bosses, however, are more interested in boosting shareholder returns.

Forget Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ mantra. The oil giants won’t go for it

Donald Trump wants a massive boost in US oil production to lower US petrol prices. The oil bosses, however, are more interested in boosting shareholder returns.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Brent fell below $US78 and WTI was under $US74 on Tuesday.

‘Drill, baby, drill’: What if the world doesn’t need Trump’s ‘liquid gold’?

Donald Trump wants America to dominate the global oil market. But his plans to boost production come as demand for the fossil fuel has weakened.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Russia overtook Saudi Arabia last year to become China’s biggest oil supplier.

Russian oil flows through Western ‘price cap’ as shadow fleet grows

A plan hatched by Western nations to deprive Russia of oil revenue is largely faltering, a new report found, with the majority of the Kremlin’s seaborne oil exports evading restrictions.

  • Alan Rappeport
The most interesting challenge for whoever wins the election will come on September 28, the day the fuel excise cut ends.

What a Middle East oil shock could mean for Australians

Treasury modelling suggests a sustained 10 per cent increase in the oil price over a year would add about 0.4 of a percentage point to the inflation rate.

  • Nick Toscano

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