CNBC's Spencer Kimball reported that "the Trump administration is examining whether a diesel export ban is a feasible way to address record-high prices for the critical fuel, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday."
"'We're examining whether it's feasible in terms of the overall refining capacity and whether a full or partial ban would work,' Bessent told reporters at a bilateral meeting between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the United Nations," Kimball reported. "Trump said a decision would be made 'fast one way or another' on whether to impose an export ban. The president said he's called for a diesel export ban 'within my people.'"
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