CARACAS, Venezuela — A US blockade of Venezuelan oil shipments could slash production and halve exports of the country’s most valuable commodity, tipping its economy even deeper into crisis, experts say. US President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered a “total and complete blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers Venezuela has been using to bypass a six-year-old US oil embargo. The announcement marked an escalation of Trump’s offensive against Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, whose last two re-elections have been widely slammed by the international community as fraudulent. READ: Venezuela reacts defiantly to US oil blockade, claims exports unaffected The United States has built […]... Keep on reading: What's next for Venezuela under the US oil blockade?