Chinese crude imports rose by roughly 1 million barrels a day in September, on the month, to 9 million barrels a day, according to government data released Friday. The news alleviated investor concern that demand in the world’s largest crude importer might be waning amid faltering economic growth. The September “bounce back” was the highest import volume in China since May, according to analysts at ING Groep. On Friday, President Donald Trump said he wouldn’t recertify a 2015 international agreement with Iran to curb its nuclear program in exchange for economic-sanctions relief. The lifting of sanctions at the start of 2016 has allowed Iran to significantly increase its production to around 3.8 million barrels a day. But disavowal of the deal or the imposition of fresh sanctions on Iran could undermine the country’s export capacity. At the same time, tensions are building between Iraq’s central government in Baghdad and […]