TOPSHOT - A long convoys of Iraqi diesel-laden tanker trucks line up along the highway Tartus-Baniyas highway as they wait to unload their cargo at the Baniyas port refinery on the Mediterranean Sea, on April 15, 2026. Iraq has begun exporting crude using tanker trucks through Syria, its oil ministry said, as an official said oil revenue last month dropped more than 70 percent compared to February. More than a month into the Middle East war that has wrought havoc on energy markets, Iraq has been particularly impacted as oil exports account for some 90 percent of its budget revenues. Until Iranian attacks and threats all but shut the Strait of Hormuz in revenge for US-Israeli strikes, Iraq exported the majority of its oil through the strategic waterway. (Photo by Bakr ALkasem / AFP via Getty Images)

Workers build large vessels at the Jinling Shipyard, operated by China Merchants Industry in Nanjing, in China's eastern Jiangsu province, on April 16, 2026. (Photo by CN-STR / AFP via Getty Images) / China OUT

Workers build large vessels at the Jinling Shipyard, operated by China Merchants Industry in Nanjing, in China's eastern Jiangsu province, on April 16, 2026. (Photo by CN-STR / AFP via Getty Images) / China OUT

Workers build large vessels at the Jinling Shipyard, operated by China Merchants Industry in Nanjing, in China's eastern Jiangsu province, on April 16, 2026. (Photo by CN-STR / AFP via Getty Images) / China OUT

TOPSHOT - A man looks at an electronic quotation board displaying the Nikkei Stock Average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on April 16, 2026. Japan's Nikkei index surged more than two percent on April 16 to hit a fresh record on optimism about an accord in the US-Iran conflict. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP via Getty Images)

This handout photograph taken and released by Pakistan's Prime Minister Office on April 15, 2026 shows Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) greeting Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif prior to their meeting in Jeddah. Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Saudi Arabia on April 15 at the start of a four-day tour before a possible second round of US-Iran peace talks, his office said in a statement. (Photo by Handout / Pakistan's Prime Minister Office / AFP via Getty Images) / -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / PAKISTAN'S PRIME MINISTER OFFICE " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

This handout photograph taken and released by Pakistan's Prime Minister Office on April 15, 2026 shows Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) greeting Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif prior to their meeting in Jeddah. Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Saudi Arabia on April 15 at the start of a four-day tour before a possible second round of US-Iran peace talks, his office said in a statement. (Photo by Handout / Pakistan's Prime Minister Office / AFP via Getty Images) / -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / PAKISTAN'S PRIME MINISTER OFFICE " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

This handout photograph taken and released by Pakistan's Prime Minister Office on April 15, 2026 shows Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) speaking with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during their meeting in Jeddah. Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Saudi Arabia on April 15 at the start of a four-day tour before a possible second round of US-Iran peace talks, his office said in a statement. (Photo by Handout / Pakistan's Prime Minister Office / AFP via Getty Images) / -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / PAKISTAN'S PRIME MINISTER OFFICE " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS