Oil prices surged to six-month highs yesterday after the United States ended its waiver for all buyers of Iranian crude, but analysts said the impact on regional economies will be "manageable".
Yet it did not stop China, the world's largest importer of oil, from warning that the US decision will "intensify turmoil" in the Middle East and the international energy market.
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