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Oil prices climbed higher on Monday, lifted by China's plans to ship in large volumes of US crude in August and September, outweighing concerns over a slowdown in demand recovery after the coronavirus pandemic and an uptick in supplies.
Brent crude rose 21 cents, or 0.5 per cent, to $45.01 a barrel by 0023 GMT while US West Texas Intermediate crude was up 27 cents, or 0.6 per cent, to $42.28 a barrel.
Chinese state-owned oil firms have tentatively booked tankers to transport at least 20 million barrels of US crude for August and September, Reuters reported on Friday, as
