Oil prices fell on Monday amid concerns about weaker crude demand after US President Donald Trump said he would impose tariffs on more Chinese imports, potentially ramping up a trade war between the world’s two largest economies.
Tensions in the Middle East offered some support to prices, with Iran seizing a tanker that it said was smuggling fuel.
Brent crude was down 50 cents, or 0.8%, at $61.39 a barrel by 0029 GMT. US crude was down 24 cents, or 0.4%, at $55.42 a barrel.
Both of the benchmarks fell last week, with Brent dropping more than 2% and US crude ending the week around 1% lower.
