As far as jobs go, Opec’s has become one of the toughest around. It is one thing to try to stabilise a growing oil market, alternatively tightening and loosening the taps in order to smooth out cycles. It is quite another to attempt to hold prices artificially high, amid slowing demand growth and new pools of supply. Indeed, there are signs that the cartel and its outside supporters — the so-called Opec+ — may be running out of road.
就工作而言，歐佩克（Opec，石油輸出國組織）已成為世界上最棘手的組織之一。試圖穩定不斷增長的石油市場，交替地收緊和放松石油供應，以使周期平穩，這是一回事。在需求增長放緩和新增供應之際，試圖將價格維持在人為高位上，則是另一回事。事實上，有跡象表明，歐佩克及其外部支持者——即所謂的“歐佩克+”(Opec+)——可能已經無路可走。
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