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European countries agree on ‘assertive’ response to US pressure on diesel (opens the original)
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BRUSSELS — Five European countries agreed at an emergency meeting Thursday to respond with "one voice" to growing pressure from the U.S. government to release reserves of diesel, according to people familiar with the matter. France, Germany, Britain, Italy, Ireland and the European Commission joined the talks to decide how to respond to pressure from Washington to draw down oil stockpiles or face a ban on U.S. exports of diesel, three European officials told POLITICO. All these countries have be
Tax cuts, handouts and blind hope: Europe finds few tools to fight a coming energy crisis (opens the original)
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DUBLIN — European energy officials highlighted handouts and tax cuts as the only viable ways to shield consumers from surging energy costs this winter — while hoping that U.S. President Donald Trump wouldn't add fuel to the fire by banning American diesel exports. At an informal gathering of European energy ministers on Tuesday in Dublin, the outlook was grim. Natural gas prices are at near four-year highs ahead of winter, European gas reserves are unusually low, and the ongoing conflict in the
EU officials confident Trump will drop plan to ban diesel exports (opens the original)
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DUBLIN — Senior EU officials expressed cautious optimism Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump would renege on his threat to exports of diesel for 90-days to combat rising prices. Irish Energy Minister Darragh O'Brien, whose government holds the EU's rotating presidency, told reporters ahead of an EU ministerial summit in Dublin that he had heard assurances from Trump administration officials in Washington D.C. last week that the ban was unlikely. "Obviously, any 90-day diesel ban would have
US push to flood Balkans with American gas sparks concerns in Brussels (opens the original)
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VIENNA — A push by U.S. energy companies to deepen their influence in the Western Balkans is fueling EU concerns that the region could end up hooked on American fossil fuels — just as it attempts to reach clean energy targets to integrate more closely with the bloc. Albania, Kosovo, and Bosnia and Herzegovina have all signaled interest in buying large volumes of liquefied natural gas from the U.S. or in building infrastructure to support inflows. The countries say gas is needed as a transitional
EU launches diplomatic offensive to stop Trump’s diesel export ban (opens the original)
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BRUSSELS — EU officials warned Thursday that a U.S. plan to ban diesel exports for 90 days could have a significant impact on European markets and said the bloc was in talks with the Trump administration to wave it off the ban. "The European Union views with concern the report that the U.S. plans to ban diesel exports, including to the European Union," Olof Gill, a spokesperson for the European Commission, the EU's executive arm, told reporters in response to a question for POLITICO. "Any disrup
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