FIRST READING: Joe Biden looks for oil everywhere *except* his oil-rich northern neighbour

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Amid historically high gas prices and a new embargo on Russian oil imports, the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden is now roaming the globe to glad-hand whatever autocratic government might be willing to sell them more oil.