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Trump Administration Asks Refiners to Cut Diesel Exports as Fuel Costs Hammer Trucking
· Source: TwoSu News
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is asking U.S.
refiners to voluntarily reduce diesel exports and keep more fuel in the domestic market as diesel prices remain above $6.50 per gallon nationwide, a development with immediate consequences for trucking companies and owner-operators already facing sharply higher fuel costs.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright told reporters that the administration has urged exporters to trim overseas shipments and increase domestic diesel inventories rather than immediately impose a government export ban.
Wright summarized the administration’s message to refiners bluntly: “You gotta put Americans first.”
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