WASHINGTON, Oct 3 — President Donald Trump said yesterday that the United States would not impose a diesel export ban, as he hailed a decision by European countries to release the fuel from their reserves.
“Well, it was never really on the table. But what Europe did was a great thing,” Trump said at the White House when asked by an AFP reporter if a US export ban was now off the table.
Trump added: “I asked for it. Europe has a lot of diesel and they’re going to be making a major world contribution — and so are we.
“And we’re not going to be doing the export ban, we’re going to be doing what we’re supposed to do.”
Trump had first said he backed a diesel export ban — which would have cut prices for US consumers but put pressure on supplies elsewhere around the world — on September 22.
