Reuters | Trump suggested to reverse cevron license to pump crude in Venezuela

The government of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, is considering a plan to expand the Chevron portfolio to pump oil in Venezuela, said Thursday The Wall Street Journalciting familiar people with discussions.

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During a meeting on Wednesday with Chevron executive director, Mike Wirth, and other industry executives, Trump expressed his opening to reverse the recent order of his administration that gave the company until the beginning of April to conclude its operations in Venezuela, the WSJ.

Washington is also wearing a plan to impose tariffs or other financial sanctions on countries that buy oil from Venezuela, according to the same report.

These tariffs could force Nicolás Maduro to sit at the negotiating table, said Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, Wirth at the meeting, in which the Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright, and Interior Secretary, Doug Burgum, reported the Secretary of the WSJ.

«Chevron executives regularly meet with government officials in Washington to participate constructively in issues related to our business, both in the United States and abroad,» said a Chevron spokesman for Reuters In an answer sent by email, refusing to comment on the details of the report.

The White House did not respond to a request for comments from Reuters outside business hours, nor to the request of the WSJ.