1990年8月,中东发生伊拉克侵略科威特的战争,美国等西方国家以军事手段对伊、科实行封锁。实际上,这既是对伊、科的石油禁运,也是对其他石油消费国和封锁者自己的石油禁运。因为西方国家都是石油消费和进口大国,故西方国家经济是这次石油禁运的最大受损者。人们现在议论的是,海湾危机是否会引起西方世界新的石油危机和经济危机? In August 1990, a war in which the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait occurred in the Middle East occurred. The western countries such as the United States have imposed blockades on Iraq and their countries by means of military means. In fact, this is both an oil embargo on Iraq and Section and an oil embargo on the part of other oil-consuming countries and the blockade itself. Because Western countries are both oil consumers and big importers, the economy of western countries is the biggest loser of the oil embargo. What people are now discussing is whether the Gulf crisis will cause a new oil crisis and economic crisis in the western world?