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IEA Members Agree to Common Approach on Products Imports 

The major oil-consuming countries - including Japan - have apparently reached agreement on the contentious issue of sharing out imports of refined products from the new refineries coming on stream in the Middle East. A communique issued by the International Energy Agency (IEA) after a one-day ministerial meeting in Paris on 9 June said that the IEA's 21 members had "agreed to pursue expeditiously a common...