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Key points:
- Trump's policies have upended trade flows
- Industry grapples with mass layoffs, activist investor push
- Oil investment, output growth unlikely despite govt push
- Oil prices hover around $70 a barrel
Top oil executives reckon with downturn even as Trump cheers them on
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Trump’s energy policies shake global oil markets as layoffs surge, investment stalls, and crude prices hover around $70 per barrel amid industry turmoil.
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