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A rare intervention by the US helped seal crucial OPEC deal

by AP Business Writer
| April 15, 2020 1:03 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — As demand for fuel plummeted worldwide and the oil industry faced a devastating drop in oil prices, the U.S. took the rare move of stepping into negotiations involving the member countries of OPEC and non-members such as Russia and Mexico, an alliance called OPEC+.

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