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Should Trump criticise OPEC when US oil firms gain from rising prices?

U.S. President Donald Trump has accused the OPEC group of oil exporting countries of "artificially" boosting crude prices, a year after the cartel agreed a pact with non members like Russia to limit output.

Justin Urquhart Stewart, from Seven Asset Management, says Mr Trump should remember the price of oil is significantly cheaper today than recent years.

(Picture: Oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Getty Images.)

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