# The secret reason oil prices didn’t spiral after the Iran war

https://mins.news/en/video/22429

- DW News, 2026-08-14 17:03 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwexLt9k0ac

> As the Iran war threatened a global economic collapse, China cut its crude oil imports by 40% between February and June. The sharp pullback acted as a major shock absorber, helping stabilize oil prices when chaos was widely expected.

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