pa href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinas-sinopec-sues-venezuela-sign-fraying-relations-102527444--finance.html"img src="http://l.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/17fldaACnNsb1oSha7M8nw--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2017-12-07T102527Z_2_LYNXMPEDB6011_RTROPTP_2_VENEZUELA-OIL-DELPINO.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="China#39;s Sinopec sues Venezuela in sign of fraying relations" align="left" title="China#39;s Sinopec sues Venezuela in sign of fraying relations" border="0" /aSinopec USA, a subsidiary of Chinese oil and gas conglomerate Sinopec, has sued Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA in a U.S. court, claiming it never received full payment for an order of steel rebar. The legal action signals a split with another of Venezuela's biggest backers as the cash-strapped country seeks to restructure some $60 billion in debt in a landscape of low oil prices and production. "This is a further sign of frostiness in the Chinese-Venezuelan relations." PDVSA declined to comment.pbr clear="all"
