US President Donald Trump announced that he had obtained the approval of his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to introduce diesel fuel into the US and global markets, pledging that this would help curb rising energy costs in light of the war with Iran.
Trump wrote on social media following talks with Putin, "Russia will immediately supply more than 300,000 tons of diesel fuel to the US and global markets, and another 500,000 tons during November," while the Treasury Department reported that it would issue a temporary license to allow the flow of Russian diesel to global markets.
