Singapore — Oil prices retreated on Thursday after gaining more than 2% in the previous session on bullish US crude inventory data, as a fresh spat over Hong Kong fuelled concerns of a further delay in any US-China trade deal.

The trade war between the world’s two biggest economies has hit global growth prospects and dominated the outlook for future oil demand...

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