您现在的位置是:首页 > 英语听力 > VOA英语听力下载|VOA news > voa标准英语|美国之音常速英语下载|在线收听 正文 VOA常速英语: OPEC rejects call for higher output 2008-02-02来源:和谐英语 Download AudioOPEC's 13 members, meeting in Vienna Friday, rejected calls by the United States to increase oil output. The oil cartel said supplies meet current demands. Lisa Bryant has more from Paris.Following talks in Vienna, OPEC members decided to keep daily output at its current levels at nearly 29.7 million barrels a day. Their meeting comes after oil prices - which saw an uNPRecedented high of more than $100 per barrel of crude in early January - tumbled by 10 percent, to below $90 a barrel Thursday.U.S. President George Bush urged OPEC to increase production during a visit to Saudi Arabia earlier this month, arguing high oil prices could hurt world economies.But OPEC members argue the steep prices of oil reflected speculation activity rather than a supply shortage. Members also fear that a weaker world economy, rocked by the U.S. mortgage crisis and other economic problems, may translate into less demand for oil.Algerian oil minister and OPEC President Chakib Khelil, who headed the Vienna conference, said oil supplies were not the problem. "Supplies are going to be there, if of course there is a demand, it is going be there and I don't feel the world economy should be concerned about the lack of oil," he said. "It should be more concerned about the, you know, the financial crisis that we are witnessing and the impact on the world growth."OPEC is particularly concerned about the U.S. economic slowdown and the weak dollar, which hurts the purchasing power of its members.OPEC's humanitarian branch separately announced Friday it had approved $5 million for health, sanitation and other key services to help residents in Gaza amid an ongoing blockade of the territory which is run by the militant Palestinian group Hamas. 本栏目更多同类内容 扫码关注和谐英语微信公众号,第一时间获取最新学习资料 或公众号搜索myhxen 上一篇 VOA常速英语: Super Tuesday is coming 下一篇 VOA常速英语: France's President weds former model 相关文章 VOA常速英语:日增20万确诊病例,印度疫情失控VOA常速英语:美国驱逐10名俄罗斯外交官VOA常速英语:US Marks One Year of Pandemic Shutdown with Hope, ConcernVOA常速英语:US Senate Nears Vote on $1.9 Trillion Biden COVID Aid PackageVOA常速英语:What Is Clubhouse and Why Did It Get So Popular?VOA常速英语:Thermal Water Helps Recovering COVID PatientsVOA常速英语:Deadly Drug Overdoses Epidemic Rages OnVOA常速英语:International Women’s Day Marks Year of Increased Hardships for Women WorldwideVOA常速英语:US States Relax Restrictions, Health Officials Warn Against ItVOA常速英语:Virginia Starts Reopening Schools for In-Person Learning