特朗普总统表示，在七国集团及其伙伴同意释放部分应急燃料储备以降低飙升价格后，他不会禁止美国柴油出口。
President Donald Trump said he won’t ban US diesel exports, after Group of Seven nations and their partners agreed to release some of their emergency fuel stockpiles in a bid to bring down soaring prices.
作者：Jennifer A. Dlouhy 特朗普总统表示，在七国集团及其伙伴同意释放部分应急燃料储备以降低飙升价格后，他不会禁止美国柴油出口。
By Jennifer A. Dlouhy President Donald Trump said he won’t ban US diesel exports, after Group of Seven nations and their partners agreed to release some of their emergency fuel stockpiles in a bid to bring down soaring prices.
“欧洲拥有大量柴油，他们将做出重大的世界贡献——我们也是如此，”特朗普周五在白宫对记者说。“我们不会实施出口禁令。” 该集团包括来自欧洲、北美和亚洲的主要经济体，周五同意释放多达1亿桶应急原油和柴油库存，此前特朗普政府进行了密集的施压活动。
“Europe has a lot of diesel and they’re going to be making a major world contribution — and so are we,” Trump told reporters Friday at the White House. “And we’re not going to be doing the export ban.”The bloc, which includes major economies from Europe, North America and Asia, agreed to release as much as 100 million barrels of emergency oil and diesel stocks on Friday, after an intense pressure campaign from the Trump administration.
美国加大对欧盟施压，要求动用应急柴油储备“我确实要求过他们，我们将拥有大量石油，”特朗普补充道。“他们做得很好。” 特朗普的声明发布之际，柴油价格创纪录飙升，柴油是现代经济的重要燃料，为农业设备提供动力，推动美国航运，并为农村社区提供供暖和电力。
US Steps Up Pressure on EU to Tap Emergency Diesel Stockpiles“I did ask them, and we’re going to have a lot of oil,” Trump added. “They did a great job.”Trump’s declaration comes amid a record surge in prices for diesel, which fuels much of the modern economy, powering farm equipment, propelling US shipping and supplying heat and power to rural communities.
柴油作为航运和商业的命脉，其关键作用意味着价格上涨已波及整个经济，推高了一系列消费品的成本，正值11月中期选举前夕。
Diesel’s critical role as the lifeblood of shipping and commerce means the price increase has rippled through the economy, spurring higher costs for an array of consumer goods ahead of the November midterm elections.
总统的决定标志着他从早先考虑可能的柴油出口限制中退缩，也回绝了濒临险境的农村和中西部共和党人，后者曾寻求这些限制以降低选举前沉重压在选民身上的燃油价格。
The president’s decision marks a retreat from his earlier consideration of possible diesel export curbs as well as a rebuff of endangered rural and Midwest Republicans who’d sought those limits to slash fuel prices weighing heavily on voters before the election.
特朗普周五坚持称，柴油出口禁令从未是一个严肃的选项。“我们从来不打算这么做，”他对记者说。“我不认为我们会。” 上个月，总统曾表示他鼓励顾问们支持这一举措。
Trump on Friday maintained the diesel export ban was never a serious option. “We were never going to do it,” he told reporters. “I don’t think we were.”Last month, the president said he had encouraged his advisers to support it.
特朗普目前的做法也是在两大核心选民群体之间寻求平衡：腹地的农业社区，那里一些共和党现任议员面临艰难选战；以及从总统对化石燃料的支持中获益的石油利益集团。
Trump’s current approach also represents a bid to thread the needle between two core constituencies: agricultural communities in the heartland, where someRepublican incumbents are in tough races, and oil interests that have benefited from the president’s support of fossil fuels.
近几周，包括爱荷华州参议员查克·格拉斯利和阿拉斯加州参议员丹·沙利文在内的多位知名共和党人曾敦促限制出口。沙利文正面临激烈的连任竞争。
In recent weeks, a number of prominent Republicans, including Senators Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Dan Sullivan of Alaska, who faces a tight reelection contest, had encouraged export curbs.
然而，石油行业领袖和能源专家警告称，限制柴油对外销售充其量只能提供短期的价格缓解，随后成本将随国内库存积压迅速反弹，促使美国石油生产商和炼油厂削减产量。
Yet oil industry leaders and energy experts warned that limiting foreign diesel sales would at most provide only short-term price relief followed by a rapid upswing in costs as swelling domestic inventories prompt US oil producers and refiners to cut production.
政府内部一些官员，包括能源部长克里斯·赖特和内政部长道格·伯古姆，也在内部表达了类似担忧。
Some officials within the administration, including Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, have echoed those concerns internally.
燃料和其他消费品的成本是选民在中期选举前的主要抱怨之一。特别是柴油价格飙升，因为俄乌战争和中东冲突导致炼油受阻、能源航运中断。
Costs for fuel and other consumer goods as among the chief complaints of voters ahead of the midterms. Diesel, in particular, has spiked as the wars in Russia and the Middle East sidelined refining and disrupted energy shipping.
据美国汽车协会（AAA）数据，截至周五，美国柴油平均零售价为每加仑6.37美元。
The average retail cost of diesel in the US was $6.37 per gallon as of Friday, according to auto club AAA.
周五宣布的由国际能源署协调的石油释放预计只能提供短期缓解。法国总统马克龙周五表示，储备将在未来四个月内释放，初期重点关注柴油。
The oil release announced Friday and coordinated by the International Energy Agency is expected to offer only short-term relief. Supplies are set to be released over the next four months, with an initial focus on diesel, French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday.
欧洲严重依赖美国柴油出口，此次释放储备被视为为了避免美国禁止燃油对外销售。七国集团国家现已重申承诺，在成员国之间“避免对能源和能源产品实施出口限制”。
Europe relies heavily on US diesel exports, and the stockpile release was seen as a bid to stave off a US ban on foreign fuel sales. G7 nations have now reaffirmed their commitment to “refrain from export restrictions on energy and energy products” between member countries.
在美国，石油高管们一直在恳请特朗普政府官员考虑其他选项，警告即使是短期的出口限制也会引发国内减产，并损害美国在欧洲和拉丁美洲的盟友利益。
In the US, oil executives have been beseeching Trump administration officials to consider other options, warning even short-term export restrictions would trigger domestic production cuts and harm US allies in Europe and Latin America.
在一个正被认真考虑的方案中，特朗普政府将取消对红柴油或染色柴油销售的限制，这种柴油通常用于非公路用途且免税。该策略将允许零售商将染色柴油——免征每加仑24美分的联邦消费税——用于卡车和其他公路车辆。
Under one approach being seriously considered, the Trump administration would lift limits on the sale of red or dyed diesel, which is generally available for off-road use and is tax-exempt. The strategy would allow retailers to sell dyed diesel, which is exempt from the federal excise tax of 24 cents per gallon, for use in trucks and other highway vehicles.