It is forbidden to export oil to China?

The recent surge in inflation in the United States has soared, and the prices of various consumer products have generally risen, which has caused some anti -Chinese politicians to play familiar political manipulation again: throwing the pot in China. Two Republican senators, Rubio and Scott, local time on the 15th, claimed that it would prohibit export of oil and oil products to China and ensure that the United States "will not inadvertently assist and support major opponents."

In the statement, Rubio stated: "Although the price of natural gas from all over the United States has soared, the Bayeng government still allows 500,000 barrels of barrels of US oil to China every day. Domestic consumers instead of sending oil to countries outside half of the earth. Scott also said: "In the first three months of 2022, the United States transported nearly 52 million barrels of oil and crude oil to China. At the same time, American families in the face of prices were forced to cheer for cars and for children. Provide choices between food. "

At present, the United States is experiencing the worst inflation in 40 years. Many analysis has pointed out that the inflation problem in the United States mainly stems from its domestic factors, but the above bills forcibly to China. According to data from the US Energy Information Administration, nearly 819 million barrels of oil and petroleum products exported to the United States in the first quarter of this year, of which China accounted for only about 6.3%of the total export volume. According to the data released by the General Administration of Customs of China, in the first quarter of 2022, the US crude oil import sources in China ranked only 12th. The import scale was not only lower than Saudi Arabia, Russia and Iraq, and even in Malaysia, Norway, Norway, Norway After Columbia.

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