OPEC+ ministers expected to reduce oil production

The OPEC+ nations — including the Persian Gulf States and Russia — are meeting on Wednesday in Vienna, with the price of oil front and center on the agenda. Crude prices have fallen in recent months over concerns in terms of demand amid a slowdown in the global economy. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Samantha Gross, director of the Energy Security and Climate Initiative at Brookings in Washington, about what factors oil ministers will be considering, and how quickly a price hike would impact the costs of heating oil and gasoline.

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