Banning crude and product exports might protect domestic refiners’ profits. But it would strangle the world economy, which would boomerang back to America https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/03/18/what-if-donald-trump-decided-to-ban-oil-exports?taid=69bbd7425e19590001dc3f5e&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=voante