US hosts G-20 ‘energy abundance’ talks amid Iran war shock

• The US is hosting G-20 talks in Houston focusing on "energy abundance" amid disruptions from the US-Iran conflict affecting global fuel markets.
• Major economies and oil producers, including Russia, are attending despite political tensions related to the Ukraine war.
• Rising fuel prices in the US and Europe highlight energy security challenges, with political impacts ahead of US midterm elections.

HOUSTON – The US on Sept 14 kicks off a set of Group of 20 (G-20) meetings touting “energy abundance”, even as US President Donald Trump’s war against Iran caused a stir at a G-20 meeting two weeks ago.

Ukraine’s European allies expressed disappointment at the US decision to invite Russia, which ran against efforts to exclude Moscow over the war on its neighbour.

The Houston meetings come as , according to the American Automobile Association.

Regular petrol is also 44 per cent more expensive than it was before the war.The unpopular war and its consequences have Trump’s Republican Party fearing a defeat in the November midterm elections.The US President has accused Iran of extending the conflict to hurt him politically, claiming recently that the war would end “immediately” after the election.

Trump also accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of causing a diesel shortage with https://www.straitstimes.com/world/us-hosts-g20-energy-abundance-talks-amid-iran-war-shock