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Scott Bessent: “No more Venezuelan oil for them [China].”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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Published | Video Starts at 30:52

And then three, China is a very large buyer of Russian oil as they are of Iranian oil, as they were of Venezuelan oil. But guess what, Maria, No more Venezuelan oil for them [China]. So would you treat China the same as the others in terms of buying Russian oil with regard to tariffs and sanctions? (30:52–30:56)

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Asserts that China is no longer buying Venezuelan oil.

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