WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin “emphasized the importance of orderly energy markets” in a meeting on Monday with Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, the Treasury said in a statement.
The statement was issued as oil prices suffered their biggest daily rout since the 1991 Gulf War on Monday as top producers Russia and Saudi Arabia launched a price war amid weak demand prompted by the spread of the coronavirus.
(Reporting by David Lawder; Editing by Sandra Maler)
