WashingtonUS diesel averages $6.51 a gallon, AAA says.
Trump is weighing a 90-day export ban, and Europe and Brazil rely on US diesel.
A ban would fill storage tanks, then refiners would cut output of all fuels, raising prices again, experts say.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the administration is not considering a full ban or zero exports.
Congress could legislate a ban, but the House does not return before November’s elections.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 300+ reports worldwide
- The New York Times leans critical
- The Guardian
- foregrounds personal/regional impact through soliciting reader experiences in remote UK locations (Shetland, Outer Hebrides)
- Hindustan Times
- questions export-ban effectiveness, quotes fuel experts on unintended economic consequences, emphasizing policy's limited efficacy
- RT
- maps EU vulnerability to US diesel ban: US supplies 1/3 of imports (1/2 in August), cites Brussels concern of mutual economic harm
Sources: The New York Times, The Guardian, Hindustan Times, RT