Oil seesaws in nervous trading as U.S. implements tariffs on Chinese goods


Oil prices seesawed on Friday in a nervous market as the United States implemented a raft of tariffs on Chinese goods, which should prompt Beijing to retaliate, potentially including a duty on U.S. crude imports.
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