Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 193
The Magnificent Seven
“President Donald Trump said he is still looking ‘very seriously’ at implementing a U.S. ban on diesel exports to combat high prices, even as others in his administration continue to focus on other possible steps,” Bloomberg reports.
Said Trump: “That can oftentimes lead to a little bit of an increase on gasoline for cars, so we’re looking at it very seriously — we may do it.”
Semafor: Oil prices rise as hope for a U.S.-Iran truce fades.
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