据《金融时报》报道，随着全国燃油价格飙升，美国总统特朗普就实施柴油出口禁令一事举行危机磋商，一位业内人士表示禁令“已非常接近实施”。在中期选举前一个月，飙升的油价让共和党感到不安，党内高层呼吁特朗普“止损”，尽管包括能源部长在内的部分内阁成员反对禁令。根据对石油和天然气高管的一项新调查，柴油价格可能在一年内维持高位。
US President Donald Trump held crisis talks over whether to institute a diesel export ban as fuel prices surge nationwide, the Financial Times reported, with one industry figure suggesting a ban was “getting pretty close to movement.”Top Republicans have called on Trump to “stop the bleeding” as soaring prices rattle the party a month before the midterm elections, though some cabinet members, including the energy secretary, have argued against a ban. Diesel prices could remain elevated for a year, according to a new survey of oil and gas executives.
白宫本周表示，特朗普将前往阿拉斯加为一位陷入困境的共和党参议员助选，那里的汽油价格已超过每加仑10美元，偏远地区甚至接近每加仑30美元。—— 布伦丹·鲁贝里
The White House said this week that Trump will campaign with an embattled Republican senator in Alaska, where gas prices have topped $10 per gallon and, in remote communities, approached $30 a gallon. — Brendan Ruberry