What action is Trump taking against Venezuela’s oil industry?
by Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent from on (#727R0)
The US president wants a blockade of oil tankers under sanctions to stop them entering and leaving Venezuela
Donald Trump has intensified pressure on Venezuela's president, Nicolas Maduro, and his government in a major escalation aimed at the country's main source of income: the oil industry.
The White House called for a blockade on all Venezuelan oil exports one week after the US seized an oil tanker off the the country's coast in what Maduro called an act of international piracy".
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