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The UAE’s exit from Opec could bring ‘even bigger trouble’: Chinese expert

The United Arab Emirates’ decision to leave a global cartel of major oil-exporting countries is seen to reflect a widening fracture within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The UAE announced on Tuesday that it would leave the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) and the wider O

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The UAE’s exit from Opec could bring ‘even bigger trouble’: Chinese expert

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The United Arab Emirates’ decision to leave a global cartel of major oil-exporting countries is seen to reflect a widening fracture within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

The UAE announced on Tuesday that it would leave the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) and the wider Opec+ alliance, effective on Friday.

The country joined the group in 1971, though one of its emirates – Abu Dhabi – joined in 1967.

The UAE’s Ministry of Infrastructure said in a statement that the...

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The UAE’s exit from Opec could bring ‘even bigger trouble’: Chinese expert

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