Trump Skips Russian Oil in Xi Talks, Eroding Sanctions Push (1)

President Donald Trump gave the world an early glimpse of just how loosely he was planning to enforce new US sanctions on Moscow when it comes to China, the single-largest buyer of Russian crude.

In his high-profile meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday, Trump said “we didn’t really discuss the oil.”

“We discussed working together to see if we could get that war finished,” he added.

The lack of meaningful pressure on Beijing means oil will continue to be a major source of revenue for President Vladimir Putin’s war effort, despite Trump’s move to unveil his first ...