Home Business Oil prices drop as hopes fade for comprehensive U.S.-China trade deal Business Oil prices drop as hopes fade for comprehensive U.S.-China trade deal By Genpie - October 7, 2019 101 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp Oil prices settled lower on Monday, paring earlier gains as hopes of a comprehensive U.S.-China trade deal faded and a new poll showed analysts expected U.S. oil crude inventories to have risen last week.