特朗普豁免格雷厄姆法案对俄罗斯柴油的限制，激怒了共和党盟友，他们表示此举有助于普京，削弱了对莫斯科的制裁。
Trump’s waiver of the Graham law on Russian diesel has angered Republican allies, who say it helps Putin and weakens sanctions on Moscow.
由泰德·克鲁兹和汤姆·蒂利斯领衔的参议员敦促特朗普继续对俄罗斯施压，称该协议不会大幅降低美国油价，反而可能为战争提供资金。
Senators led by Ted Cruz and Thom Tillis urged Trump to keep pressure on Russia, saying the deal will not cut US prices much and may fund the war.
乌克兰和民主党也反对该举措，而由于国会目前休会直至中期选举，国会不太可能在近期采取行动。
Ukraine and Democrats also opposed the move, while Congress is unlikely to act soon because it is out of session until the midterm elections.
AI生成的共和党国会议员抨击美国总统唐纳德·特朗普决定豁免一项于9月通过的限制俄罗斯能源出口的关税法，认为此举将帮助莫斯科对乌克兰发动战争。
AI generated Republican members of Congress blasted US President Donald Trump’s decision to waive a tariff law passed in September to restrict Russian energy exports, arguing that the move will help Moscow wage its war on Ukraine.
特朗普政府将此次豁免描述为促成与俄罗斯就柴油出口达成协议的一种方式——旨在中期选举前降低油价——但批评者称，绕过由已故参议员林赛·格雷厄姆倡导、9月通过的制裁法是不负责任的。
The Trump administration has cast the waiver as a way to facilitate a deal with Russia on diesel exports – aimed at lowering prices ahead of the midterm elections – but critics said it was irresponsible to bypass the sanctions law passed in September that was championed by the late senator Lindsey Graham.
得克萨斯州共和党参议员泰德·克鲁兹，作为特朗普的亲密盟友，表示政府本应寻找其他降低燃油成本的方式，例如从加拿大进口更多燃油或豁免可再生燃料要求。
Senator Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican closely allied to Trump, said the administration should have found other ways to lower fuel costs, such as importing more from Canada or waiving renewable-fuel requirements.
“我希望总统没有这么做，我认为这是个错误，”克鲁兹于10月17日在福克斯新闻节目中表示，指的是特朗普于10月16日晚签署的豁免格雷厄姆法案的行政命令。“不幸的是，目前的做法只是让普京受益。”至少有八名共和党参议员，以及众议院中的几位同僚，公开反对特朗普与俄罗斯的柴油协议或制裁豁免。
“I wish the President hadn’t done it, I think it was a mistake,” Cruz said on Oct 17 on Fox News, referring to Trump’s executive order late on Oct 16 waiving the Graham law. “The current path, unfortunately, just benefits Putin.”At least eight Republican senators, along with several of their House counterparts, have spoken out against Trump’s diesel deal with Russia or the sanctions waiver.
“总统及其顾问对参议院以86比11通过的法律执行有什么不理解的？”北卡罗来纳州共和党参议员汤姆·蒂利斯，他将在任期结束时退休，于10月17日在社交媒体上写道。他表示，特朗普可以通过应对伊朗问题来降低能源价格，而不是“为弗拉基米尔·普京做好事”。
“What part of enforcing a law passed 86-11 by the Senate does the President and his advisers not understand?”Senator Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican retiring at the end of his term, wrote on Oct 17 in a social media post. He said Trump could lower energy prices by addressing Iran rather than “doing a solid for Vladimir Putin”.
一群两党参议员本周早些时候向特朗普发信，敦促他撤销与俄罗斯的柴油交易，并执行格雷厄姆法案。共和党签署人包括蒂利斯、米奇·麦康奈尔、约翰·科宁、苏珊·柯林斯、艾伦·阿姆斯特朗和丽莎·默尔科夫斯基。
A bipartisan group of 12 senators sent Trump a letter earlier this week urging him to rescind his diesel deal with Russia and enforce the Graham law. The Republican signatories included Tillis, Mitch McConnell, John Cornyn, Susan Collins, Alan Armstrong and Lisa Murkowski.
参议员们在信中写道：“允许俄罗斯产柴油进入全球市场，对美国民众的缓解作用有限或几乎没有。”他们认为，这笔收入将有助于为俄罗斯在乌克兰的战争提供资金，并加深莫斯科与中国、伊朗和朝鲜的合作。
“Allowing Russian-origin diesel into global markets will offer limited to no relief to Americans,” the senators wrote in the letter, arguing the revenue would help finance Russia’s war in Ukraine and deepen Moscow’s cooperation with China, Iran and North Korea.
达琳·格雷厄姆受任填补其已故哥哥的席位，并正竞选连任，她表示，以林赛·格雷厄姆命名的法案令她感到自豪，并计划在特朗普下周访问南卡罗来纳州时与他交谈。
Darline Graham, who was appointed to fill her late brother’s seat and is running for a full term, said she is proud of the Bill named after Lindsey Graham and plans to speak to Trump when he visits South Carolina next week.
“总统和我有着相同的目标，即结束战争，让汽油和柴油价格下降。制裁法案是他可以用来实现这一目标的工具之一。是否采取行动，取决于他自己。”她10月17日对当地记者说。“就我个人而言，我会继续对俄罗斯施压，迫使其结束战争并降低汽油价格，因为我不信任普京，也不信任俄罗斯。”尽管乌克兰在国会山获得广泛支持，但国会已休会至中期选举，因此短期内阻止特朗普柴油交易的可能性微乎其微。
“The President and I share the same goal, which is to end the war and get gas and diesel prices down. The sanctions Bill is one of the tolls he can use to do that. It’s up to him whether or not he choses to do so,” she told local reporters on Oct 17. “Personally, I would keep the pressure on Russia to end the war and get the gas prices down because I don’t trust Putin and I don’t trust Russia.”While Ukraine has broad support on Capitol Hill, Congress is out of session through the midterm elections, so there is little prospect of immediate action to block Trump’s diesel deal.
他将俄罗斯柴油重新引入美国和全球市场的计划，预计对价格几乎不会产生即时影响。然而，如果到年底俄罗斯能够持续恢复出口，尽管乌克兰对炼油厂的无人机袭击仍在继续，但前提是莫斯科能够履行其承诺，这可能有助于缩小全球供应缺口。
His plan to return Russian diesel to US and global markets is expected to have little immediate effect on prices. A sustained resumption of Russian exports by year-end, however, could help shrink global supply deficits, provided Moscow can meet its commitments despite Ukrainian drone strikes on refineries.
参议院外交关系委员会首席民主党议员珍妮·沙欣本周早些时候与另外六名参议员联名发信反对该决定，称国会“2022年明确禁止俄罗斯能源进口，以防止美元资助普京对乌克兰发动的残酷战争”。
Jeanne Shaheen, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined with six other senators earlier in the week on a letter opposing the decision, saying Congress “explicitly banned Russian energy imports in 2022 to prevent American dollars from financing Putin’s brutal war against Ukraine”.
“特朗普总统允许俄罗斯柴油进口美国的决定，与该法律背道而驰，”民主党参议员谢欣、理查德·布卢门撒尔和罗恩·怀登，以及共和党参议员柯林斯、默科斯基、蒂利斯和约翰·柯蒂斯在10月18日的一份声明中表示。
“President Trump’s decision to allow Russian diesel imports to the US runs directly counter to that law,” Democratic Senators Shaheen, Richard Blumenthal and Ron Wyden, and Republican Senators Collins, Murkowski, Tillis and John Curtis said in a statement on Oct 18.
众议员们也在采取行动反对这项交易。一群民主党人和一名共和党人于10月16日提出立法，以阻止俄罗斯柴油进口，尽管该法案在共和党控制的国会难以通过，且可能需要推翻特朗普的否决。
House lawmakers are also moving against the deal. A group of Democrats and one Republican introduced legislation on Oct 16 to block Russian diesel imports, though passage would be difficult in the Republican-controlled Congress and could require overcoming a Trump veto.
退休的内布拉斯加州共和党众议员唐·培根是该法案的联合提案人。宾夕法尼亚州共和党众议员布莱恩·菲茨帕特里克正在争议席位上寻求连任，他单独表示将提出立法，禁止购买俄罗斯石油。
Representative Don Bacon, a retiring Nebraska Republican, co-sponsored the Bill. Representative Brian Fitzpatrick, a Pennsylvania Republican facing reelection in a contested seat, has separately said he would propose legislation barring purchases of Russian oil.
“我们中许多人不会为这些事情提供资金，明知他正在扶植一个独裁者的入侵，并将一个盟友出卖，”培根在10月17日的一条社交媒体帖子中写道。
“Many of us won’t fund these things knowing he is propping up a dictator’s invasion and throwing an ally under the bus,” Bacon wrote in a social media post on Oct 17.
阿肯色州共和党议员弗伦奇·希尔表示，他已要求就该决定背后的理由举行一次机密简报会，并认为美国应加大对俄罗斯的经济压力。
French Hill, a Republican lawmaker from Arkansas, said he has requested a classified briefing on the rationale behind the decision, arguing the US should be increasing economic pressure on Russia.
民主党几乎一致反对特朗普对普京的示好。参议院民主党领袖查克·舒默在10月17日的一条社交媒体帖子中表示，新的柴油交易“没有任何‘美国优先’的成分”，并批评该交易为俄罗斯经济提供“生命支持”，而“美国人需要从飞涨的价格中获得缓解”。
Democrats have almost unanimously opposed Trump’s overtures to Putin. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said in a social media post on Oct 17 that “there’s nothing America First” about the new diesel deal and criticised it for giving the Russian economy “life support” while “Americans need relief from skyrocketing prices”.
乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基也批评了这一豁免，称这可能标志着对莫斯科更广泛制裁解除的开始。
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also criticised the waiver, saying it could mark the beginning of broader sanctions relief for Moscow.
“就在俄罗斯对我们能源部门发动如此大规模打击之时，美国，遗憾的是，做出了完全无视林赛·格雷厄姆法案的决定，”泽连斯基在10月17日的一条社交媒体帖子中写道。
“At the time when the Russians launched such a massive strike against our energy sector, in America, regrettably, a decision was made to completely ignore the Lindsey Graham law,” Zelensky wrote on Oct 17 in a social media post.
自特朗普上周宣布柴油交易以来，华盛顿与基辅之间的紧张局势有所上升。乌克兰国防官员本周表示，SpaceX的军用级卫星服务Starshield的连接速度已被降低。一名美国官员10月16日表示，特朗普并未下令限制乌克兰获取该卫星技术。
Tensions between Washington and Kyiv have risen since Trump announced the diesel deal last week. Ukrainian defence officials said this week that connection speeds on Starshield, SpaceX’s military-grade satellite service, had been slowed. A US official said on Oct 16 that Trump had not ordered any limits on Ukraine’s access to the satellite technology.
“美国的制裁真空、对侵略者施压减轻、对普京的财务奖励——所有这一切都只会鼓励他继续发动攻击，”泽连斯基说。彭博社
“A US sanctions blackout, easing pressure on the aggressor, financial rewards for Putin – all of this only encourages him to keep attacking,” Zelensky said. BLOOMBERG