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Risk Wire — 23 September 2026
Trump is pushing for a US diesel export ban that Bloomberg says would be a calamity for the global fuel market, even as Saudi Arabia runs tests to restart its East-West pipeline amid signs of progress in US-Iran talks.
Oil / Products
Sourced from Bloomberg’s Energy Daily.
Trump has confirmed he’s pushing for a ban on US diesel exports — the world’s largest source of the fuel, with Europe as the top importing region — a move analysts say would starve global markets without solving domestic price problems. — Bloomberg
Risk lens: Bullish (global diesel/crack spreads) — removing the world’s largest diesel exporter from global trade would starve importing regions like Europe just as refined-product markets are already tight.
Saudi Arabia is running tests to resume its East-West oil pipeline as the US flagged progress in talks with Iran aimed at ending a war that has disrupted energy markets for almost seven months. — Bloomberg
Risk lens: Bearish (Hormuz war-risk premium) — a pipeline restart plus diplomatic progress both point toward easing, not tightening, near-term chokepoint-driven supply risk.
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