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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Anselm Gibbs

Trinidad and Tobago secures US permission to negotiate gas deal with neighboring Venezuela

Trinidad US Venezuela Gas - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

The U.S. has granted Trinidad and Tobago permission to negotiate a gas deal with neighboring Venezuela without facing any U.S. sanctions, the Caribbean nation’s attorney general said Thursday.

The U.S. Treasury Department granted an Office of Foreign Assets Control license on Wednesday that allows parties to engage in a transaction that would otherwise be prohibited, according to the agency.

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