The risk of the global economy slipping into a recession amid galloping crude oil prices is keeping the US and its allies from imposing tougher curbs on India and China, which have been buying Russian oil at deep discounts, The Wall Street Journal reported.
US officials are looking for ways to stabilise global oil prices and still penalise Russia, the report added.
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