US and Venezuela sign major gold sales deal

Venezuela’s ​state-owned mining company has ‌signed a multi-million-dollar deal to sell as much as 1,000 kg ​of gold dore ​bars to commodities trader Trafigura ⁠for US markets, Reuters writes, referring to Axios.

US Interior Secretary ​Doug ⁠Burgum, who arrived in Venezuela on Wednesday, helped steer ⁠the ​gold contract, ​according to the report.