Oil Ministers react to Trump tweet at OPEC in Vienna
By Bloomberg
24 June 2018 |
8:30 am
Oil Ministers from Iran, Russia and the UAE gathered in Vienna for the OPEC+ meeting react to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tweet on Friday. Trump said on Twitter: “Hope OPEC will increase output substantially. Need to keep prices down!”
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