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Oil Is Trading Higher Amid Weakness in the Dollar and After the US Launched Strikes on Houthi Targets. Additionally, Strong Chinese Economic Data Could Be Lifting Demand Outlook.
Trump once again pressures Iran through the Houthis' attacks, causing a short-term spike in international oil prices.
① The President of the USA, Trump, stated that any further attacks or reprisals by the Houthi armed group will be met with strong retaliation, and the USA will also hold Iran accountable for any future attacks by the Houthi armed group; ② As a result of this news, international oil prices surged in the short term, and Trump has reimposed "maximum pressure" on Iran, aiming to reduce Iran's oil exports.