The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries has urged its member nations, not to mention oil prices when discussing policy in a break from the past, as the oil-producing group seeks to avoid the risk of US legal action for manipulating the market, sources close to OPEC said. Proposed US legislation, known as “NOPEC” which could open the group up to anti-trust lawsuits, has long lain dormant, with previous American presidents signalling that they would veto any move to make it law. But US President, Donald Trump, has been a vocal critic of the OPEC, blaming it for high oil prices and urging it to increase output to relieve pressure on a market hovering around four-year highs. Read More: