"I am also going to ask Saudi Arabia and OPEC to bring down the cost of oil. You got to bring it down," Trump said, appearing via video link from the White House. "Which, frankly, I'm surprised they didn't do before the election. That didn't show a lot of ...
The president's remarks follow an announcement by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince that the kingdom will invest $600 billion in the US.
U.S. President Donald Trump called for OPEC to lower oil prices and demanded global interest rate cuts during his address to the World Economic Forum in Davos. Trump warned that countries manufacturing products outside
Trump said he planned to ask the oil cartel to lower prices, which he said would lead to a swift end to Russia's war in Ukraine.
During a speech to the World Economic Forum on Thursday, President Donald Trump pressured the Saudi Crown Prince to increase his planned $600 billion investment in the U.S. "to a round $1 trillion" and to lower the global price of oil.
President Trump said he wants OPEC and Saudi Arabia to bring down the price of oil which he says is fuelling the Russia-Ukraine war.
OPEC's share in India's crude oil imports edged up in 2024, rising for the first time in nine years, while top supplier Russia's share remained steady, data obtained from trade sources showed.
Speaking remotely to the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, President Donald Trump said he would ask Saudi Arabia and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC,
Oil markets sank on Friday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump pressured OPEC and its de facto leader Saudi Arabia to lower prices in a broad push to drive up crude production.
Global shares rose on Friday buoyed by the prospect of lower U.S. interest rates and a U.S.-China trade deal following comments from President Donald Trump, while the yen steadied ahead of a widely expected hike from the Bank of Japan.
"You've got to bring down the oil price, you've got to end that war. They should have done it long ago," President Donald Trump said.