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President Donald Trump said Wednesday he hasn’t yet made up his mind on whether to impose a ban on diesel fuel exports, despite fierce pushback on the idea in recent days from the oil and gas industry and some of his own advisers. The White House is facing growing pressure to take steps to bring down record high diesel prices ahead of the midterm elections, and Trump indicated last week he woul...
Earlier this year, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent offered some avuncular counsel to Western allies at Davos, weary of being belittled and trolled by President Donald Trump and his advisers: “Sit back, take a deep breath, do not retaliate,” he urged. “Let things play out.” His remarks focused primarily on tariffs, but at the Swiss Alpine gabfest, Bessent and other Trump aides repeated the...
A faster-than-expected inflation jump across the eurozone’s biggest economies raises the odds that the European Central Bank will hike interest rates again this year to bring price growth down to target. The move would add to economic headwinds and sovereign borrowing costs at a time when governments are already grappling with the highest yields since the 2012 sovereign debt crisis. Wednesday’s...
DUBLIN — European energy officials highlighted handouts and tax cuts as the only viable ways to shield consumers from surging energy costs this winter — while hoping that U.S. President Donald Trump wouldn’t add fuel to the fire by banning American diesel exports. At an informal gathering of European energy ministers on Tuesday in Dublin, the outlook was grim. Natural gas prices are at near fou...
DUBLIN — Des hauts responsables de l’UE se sont montrés prudemment optimistes, mardi, quant à la possibilité que le président américain Donald Trump revienne sur sa menace d’interdire les exportations de diesel pendant quatre-vingt-dix jours, afin de lutter contre la hausse des prix. Auprès de journalistes, le ministre irlandais de l’Energie, Darragh O’Brien, a affirmé que des responsables de l...
