Crude oil prices dropped sharply Tuesday evening, falling well under $100 per barrel after President Trump said the U.S. agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran that Pakistan had proposed . Why it matters: The agreement is subject to Iran to allowing "complete" reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, Trump said. - The de facto closure of the waterway — which handles about a fourth of the world's seaborne oil trade — has brought the largest disruption in oil market history. Driving the news: The global benchmark Brent crude futures price fell roughly 16% to about $93 a barrel. But it's still far above the roughly $73 mark right before the war began at the end of February. - WTI, the U.S. benchmark, was down about 19% to about $92 a…
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Robert Sherman, Kellie Meyer, Mick Mulvaney and Maj. Glenn Ignazio join NewsNation to discuss President Trump announcing a two-week suspension of attacks on Iran. "The Hill on NewsNation" combines the power of two trusted news sources to define today's most-pressing issues, and question Washington's power brokers on what matters most to the people they serve and what matters most to Americans.
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President Trump had been under increasing pressure to find a way out after he threatened to wipe out Iran’s civilization on Tuesday night unless Iran reopened the Strait of Hormuz.
