The Iran war has shown that, in practice, China can singlehandedly stabilise the global oil market over a period of many months. The leaders of OPEC can only dream of doing the same

How each outlet headlined it

• The Economist center

  The Iran war has shown that, in practice, China can singlehandedly stabilise the global oil market over a period of many months. The leaders of OPEC can only dream of doing the same
• Bloomberg News center

  The US military campaign against Iran has so far failed to force the regime to capitulate. The Trump administration is betting once again that suffocating economic pressure will do the job