US Treasury official heads to Indonesia and Singapore to talk oil price cap on Russia


WASHINGTON (Reuters): A senior US Treasury Department official will visit Indonesia and Singapore next week to talk with counterparts about the potential price cap on Russian oil exports planned as a response to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, the department said on Friday (Aug 5).

Elizabeth Rosenberg (pic), a Treasury Department assistant secretary for terrorist financing and financial crimes, will visit Jakarta on Monday and Tuesday, and will visit Singapore, a major oil hub, from Wednesday through Thursday.

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