Donald Trump has scrambled in recent days to reassure the world that the economic impact of his war on Iran can be contained. Sure, one of the most important waterways in global trade has, in effect, been shut for almost two weeks – but it might reopen before long. In the meantime, US oil-related sanctions on “some countries” will be lifted. And besides, the entire conflict could be over soon. Such vague claims, and the release of hundreds of millions of barrels of emergency crude from government reserves, soothed markets, at least for a while. Oil prices, which surged to
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