![In this Aug. 6, 2019, photo, a man walks past a money exchange shop decorated with different banknotes at Central, a business district in Hong Kong. China's yuan fell further Tuesday against the U.S. dollar, fueling fears about increasing global damage from Beijing's trade war with President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/BHWET6OJIP7LS4M6AH6A37PHHM.jpg?smart=true&auth=4ea358e7f495042a21239eeca8c54f5631ef1d112662edc7880f947a936aaa07&width=400&height=225)
The US-China trade war has cushioned oil prices from wild, geopolitcal swings. AP
The US-China trade war has cushioned oil prices from wild, geopolitcal swings. AP
Trade war and oil prices: what's the link?
Why the tit-for-tat tariff war between the US and China has become the most important factor influencing oil prices globally