美国周四要求其欧洲盟友“立即”释放战略储备，以帮助降低全球柴油价格；欧盟成员国将于周五讨论这一危机。
The US on Thursday told its European allies to help lower global diesel prices by releasing strategic reserves “immediately,” with EU member states due to discuss the crisis on Friday.
有报道称，特朗普政府特别希望法国和德国动用其柴油储备，以遏制因美国对伊朗的军事行动而导致的油价飙升。
Reports said the Trump administration wants France and Germany in particular to tap their stockpiles of diesel to try to curb prices sent soaring by the US war on Iran.
美国财政部长斯科特·贝森特在社交媒体上表示：“我们的欧洲伙伴应加快履行现有承诺，并立即提供额外供应，以应对当前的市场动荡。”
“Our European partners should accelerate delivery on their existing commitments and make additional supplies immediately available to address ongoing disruptions,” US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a post on social media.
欧盟委员会发言人称，欧盟成员国将于周五与委员会会面，商讨应对油价飙升的协调措施。
EU member states will meet with the European Commission on Friday to discuss a coordinated response to soaring fuel prices, a commission spokesman said.
华盛顿方面正在加紧向欧洲施压，要求其协助控制燃料价格；美国总统唐纳德·特朗普周三甚至提出了禁止柴油出口的可能性。
Washington is piling on pressure to get European help with fuel costs, with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday floating the possibility of banning diesel exports.
高昂的能源成本对特朗普所在的共和党在下个月的中期选举中构成了威胁。
High energy costs loom as a threat to Trump’s Republican Party in next month’s midterm elections.
一位美国官员表示：“在欧洲寻求多种途径增加精炼产品供应并降低消费者成本的过程中，与美国的合作符合欧洲的最大利益。”
“It is in Europe’s best interest to work with the United States as we pursue multiple pathways to boost the supply of refined products and lower costs for consumers,” a US official said.
在密尔沃基举行的G20贸易谈判中，美国贸易代表杰米森·格里尔表达了缓和的态度，称双方都“渴望在柴油问题上展开合作”。
At G20 trade talks in Milwaukee, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer struck a conciliatory tone, saying there was an “eagerness on both sides to work together” on the diesel issue.
特朗普周四在德克萨斯州对记者表示，他“可能会”要求欧洲国家释放柴油储备。
And Trump told reporters in Texas on Thursday that he “may” ask European countries to release diesel reserves.
不过，欧盟贸易专员马罗斯·塞夫科维奇在密尔沃基举行的为期两天的G20贸易部长会议期间对记者表示，美国若禁止柴油出口，对欧洲来说将是“出乎意料的”。
Still, EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic told reporters Thursday that any move by the US to ban diesel exports would be “unexpected for Europeans”. He spoke on the sidelines of the two-day G20 trade ministers’ gathering in Milwaukee, after meeting with Greer.
塞夫科维奇在与格里尔会面后表示，双方并未详细讨论能源出口问题，但这两个跨大西洋的合作伙伴“决定保持密切沟通，以避免任何意外情况的发生”。
Sefcovic told reporters that he did not go into details with Greer on energy exports. But the transatlantic partners “decided to stay in close touch to avoid any surprises here,” he said.
“如果真的实施柴油出口禁令，将对我们的经济表现产生极其严重的后果，”塞夫科维奇表示。
“It would have very dramatic consequences for our economic performance,” Sefcovic said of any potential diesel export ban.
法国国际贸易部长尼古拉·福里西耶在密尔沃基表示：“我无法想象会真的出台这样的禁令。”他强调了柴油对美国和欧洲国家的重要性，并补充说双方都会“努力寻找解决方案”。
France’s minister delegate for international trade, Nicolas Forissier, said in Milwaukee: “I can’t imagine that there will be a ban.”He stressed the importance of diesel to the United States and European countries, adding both sides will “try to find solutions.”
福里西耶还表示：“在法国，我们会努力在全球范围内寻找平衡的解决方案；如果无法与美国达成一致，那么就会与其他国家合作。”特朗普周三表示仍在考虑是否实施柴油出口禁令，并称此举可能会导致汽油价格上涨。“我正在考虑这个问题，”特朗普在椭圆形办公室对记者们说道。
“In France, we’ll try to find balanced solutions all over the world,” Forissier added. “If not with the Americans, it will be with other countries.”Trump on Wednesday said he was still considering a possible ban on US diesel exports, while adding that he thought it could ultimately cause petrol prices to rise. “I’m thinking about it,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
美国能源部长克里斯·赖特也在周三表示：“欧洲的朋友们将会宣布一些措施来降低柴油价格。”
Speaking alongside Trump, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Wednesday that the world would “hear announcements from our friends in Europe” to push diesel prices down.
当被问及是否需要释放战略储备时，法国总统府回应称，在埃马纽埃尔·马克龙上周与特朗普在联合国大会期间会面时，并没有提出这样的要求。
Asked about a release from strategic reserves, the French presidency said no such demand had been made when Emmanuel Macron and Trump met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly last week.
马克龙还计划很快召开七国集团（G7）领导人的视频会议，讨论应对燃料价格上涨的各种措施，包括协调释放战略储备的问题。马克龙的新闻办公室称，G7会议预计将于10月中旬举行。
Macron would also soon convene a video meeting of G7 leaders “to make progress on the various levers that can be used to address the rising fuel prices … including coordination on releasing reserves”. Macron announced on September 18 a plan for such a meeting. The G7 gathering is expected in mid-October, according to Macron’s press office.
根据美国AAA汽车协会的数据，自伊朗战争爆发以来，美国柴油的平均价格已经上涨了70%以上，目前达到每加仑6.39美元。
Average US diesel prices have surged more than 70 per cent to US$6.39 a gallon since the start of the Iran war, according to AAA motor club data.
燃料价格的飙升导致生活成本急剧上升，这让特朗普所在的共和党担心该党可能在11月的中期选举中失去对国会的控制权。（来源：法新社）
Fuel prices have caused living costs to soar, leaving Trump’s Republican Party fearing it could lose control of Congress in November’s midterm elections. By Agence France-Presse