China is responding to Trump's energy-centric executive actions with a global diplomatic blitz. China courts the Middle East without push back from Washington.
First is to stop acting like an absentee hegemon. When Hamas attacked Israel on October 7th, no one was particularly interested in how Russia, China or the European Union would respond. Like it or not ...
Countries like the UAE and Oman are developing local oil exchanges to push for more influence on global oil markets. The lack of variety and volume in Middle Eastern benchmarks, such as Dubai ...