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The Venezuela deal's fine print lands: 100-year concessions on 17 oil fields
The White House published the details of its Venezuela agreement, and the argument moved from whether there was a deal to what the deal says about why it happened.
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The victory lap
The administration frames it as an America First win on energy supply, with allies preemptively defending it against media criticism.
The motive skeptics
Critics point at the concessions as proof the pressure campaign was about oil all along, with even friendly commentators admitting they had been naive about the motive.
The Canadian fallout
A third thread worries about displacement: premiers warn that 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan crude entering US supply chains squeezes out Canadian oil.