
The United States has threatened Germany and France with a possible ban on diesel exports and asked Germany and France to use emergency diesel stocks.
Reuters revealed that the Trump administration in the United States has threatened Germany and France with a possible diesel export ban to use emergency diesel stocks to help ease global fuel prices and reduce costs for American consumers.
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The United States is considering a ban on diesel exports and is seeking to lower fuel prices ahead of the midterm elections.
Foreign media pointed out that the Trump administration asked Germany and France to use emergency diesel stocks. (Reuters)
Reuters quoted three people familiar with the matter as exclusively revealing that the Trump administration in the United States has threatened Germany and France with a possible ban on diesel exports and asked Germany and France to use emergency diesel stocks to help ease global fuel prices.
The warning showed Washington is escalating pressure on Europe as President Trump considers a ban on U.S. diesel exports to lower U.S. fuel prices ahead of mid-term elections in early November. Reuters had previously reported that Washington was particularly dissatisfied with Germany and France, believing that the two countries had failed to fully fulfill their earlier commitments to release emergency crude oil and oil stocks.
One of the sources, a U.S. official, told Reuters that "collaboration with the U.S. is in Europe's best interest" as the U.S. seeks to expand multiple pipelines to supply petroleum products and lower costs for consumers. Another source in a European capital said the U.S. has asked the EU to release 120 million barrels of diesel over the next six months.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on September 30 that Washington expected that Europe would soon make an announcement related to new diesel supplies.
The German Economy Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment, while the French Energy Ministry declined to comment.
An official at the Elysee Palace, the French presidential palace, said that French President Macron did not discuss this issue when he met with Trump in New York last week; Macron will convene the leaders of the Group of Seven Major Industrial Countries (G7) to hold a video conference to discuss rising fuel prices and the global supply of petroleum products, including coordinating with the International Energy Agency (IEA) to release reserve oil.
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