UAE exit from OPEC signals closer alignment with US interests, experts say

As the United Arab Emirates’s exit from OPEC officially takes effect, experts say the United States government will welcome the move for its potential to curb the oil-producing cartel’s pricing power.

While the UAE’s withdrawal, which went into effect on Friday, has been long rumoured, the timing was unexpected.

“The exit was a surprise in timing (at least to me), but in some ways has been brewing for some time,” wrote Rachel Ziemba, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security – a US think tank.

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Source: Al Jazeera

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