Oil turns lower as traders assess Trump tariff threats, efforts to lower crude prices

• Oil ends at a nearly 2-week low as traders weigh Trump tariff threats, energy policy

  Oil futures ended Wednesday at their lowest in almost two weeks, with U.S. benchmark prices notching a fourth straight session decline as investors weighed the potential impact of President Donald ...
  
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• Trump rolls back effort to lower Medicare, Medicaid drug costs

  Trump’s executive order halts an effort to cap the copayment for generic medications at $2 for Medicare beneficiaries.
  
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• Trump promised to lower gas prices — but his tariffs could help raise them instead

  President Donald Trump’s “drill, baby, drill” pledge is well known, but drivers may end up paying more at the pump in the coming months despite his plans to lift U.S. oil production.
  
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• Oil ends lower as Trump’s output and tariffs plans fuel supply uncertainty

  Oil futures ended lower on Tuesday as traders weighed prospects for crude supplies after President Donald Trump vowed to boost already record U.S. crude output, threatened to implement a steep ...
  
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• Oil ends lower, with U.S. prices failing to hold above $80 a barrel

  Oil futures settled lower on Thursday, pulling back as news of an Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal helped to ease some worries about risks to global supplies — though the agreement has reportedly hit a ...
  
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• Trump Chose 8 Economic Experts Who Will Defend Tariffs and Lower Taxes

  President-elect Donald J. Trump has moved beyond the team-of-rivals approach from his first term and chosen economic aides who will defend tariffs and tax cuts.
  
  The New York Times - Jan. 10

• Oil prices settle lower as U.S. crude supplies fall but product stocks rise

  Oil futures settled with a loss on Wednesday after the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported that commercial crude inventories fell for a seventh straight week, but gasoline and ...
  
  MarketWatch - Jan. 8

• Oil ends lower as signs of strong demand for Mideast crude fail to feed recent rally

  Oil futures settled with a loss on Monday, with hopes for further economic stimulus from China and signs of strong demand for Middle Eastern crude failing to support prices in the wake of a ...
  
  MarketWatch - Jan. 6

• Report of easing tariff plan, which Trump denies, sends dollar lower

  Aides to President-elect Donald Trump are weighing more targeted tariffs than was proposed by the campaign, according to a report.
  
  MarketWatch - Jan. 6

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• Trump tells Davos he’ll demand that interest rates drop. It’s a fresh jab at the Fed.

  U.S. President Donald Trump delivered remarks Thursday in a video appearance at the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland.
  
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