Trump says Europe agrees to release diesel stocks
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The discussions underscore growing pressure on Europe as Trump mulls a potential ban on US diesel exports to lower domestic fuel prices
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Reuters Published: 10:51pm, 2 Oct 2026
European countries have agreed to release diesel stocks, US President Donald Trump said on Friday, after the White House pressured governments to do so, in a bid to cool surging fuel prices linked to the Iran war.
“Europe has just agreed to release a massive amount of their heavily stocked diesel oil. The process will begin immediately,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
Trump’s statement followed talks on Friday among EU governments, who discussed a proposal by France for European countries to release 50 million barrels of diesel, and for International Energy Agency members to release 50 million barrels of crude oil, three sources familiar with the discussions told Reuters.
Under the proposal discussed by European governments on Friday morning, Europe would release part of the diesel volumes in a 20-day period, responding to Trump’s demand for a rapid release of fuel stocks, two of the sources said.
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