# Oil prices are high but could be much worse. Trump has China’s Xi to thank for that

https://mins.news/en/item/65679

- The Associated Press, 2026-09-19 17:17 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://bit.ly/3THiJFo

> Oil prices have risen, but Donald Trump’s conflict with Iran has not produced the catastrophic spike many feared when the war began. The article credits China’s Xi Jinping with helping keep prices from climbing even higher.

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