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World Service,06 Dec 1988,13 mins

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

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Described as a cartel that manipulated the price of a commodity the world relied on. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is made up of eleven oil producing nations.

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