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Tehran is set to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and the U.S. is expected to end its blockade of Iran’s ports after the two nations agreed to a peace deal.
A formal signing will come Friday, President Trump and Pakistani negotiators said. If the strait does, in fact, reopen and ships resume transits, it could serve as a potent shot in the arm to the global economy, and Iran might be more likely to keep negotiating with the White House on other matters, the WSJ’s Damian Paletta writes.
Oil prices fell, but the speed with which the deal arrests a steep drop in oil stockpiles will determine the trajectory of energy prices in the coming weeks, the Journal’s Collin Eaton, Benoît Morenne and Michael R. Gordon write.
For more than 15 weeks, the U.S. and other countries around the world have had to dip into oil tanks, salt caverns and strategic reserves to make up for the millions of barrels of oil trapped behind the strait. Now, the stocks are nearing critical levels, and energy executives say without an influx of more oil, prices will have to surge to stop the run on supplies.
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