The U.S. Tried to Choke Russia’s Energy Market. Then It Made a Diesel Deal.
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The U.S. Tried to Choke Russia’s Energy Market. Then It Made a Diesel Deal.

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 14, 202630 min
  • Politics

President Trump announced a deal to purchase Russian diesel fuel and temporarily suspended sanctions in an effort to lower domestic fuel prices amid rising costs from the war in Iran and in anticipation of the upcoming midterms. This abrupt foreign policy shift stunned European allies and drew sharp criticism from Ukraine, which viewed the move as a weakening of Western leverage against Russia. Today, Anton Troianovski, a global affairs correspondent for The New York Times, discusses what the deal reveals about the Trump administration’s strategy with Russia, and how much it could actually lower prices at th...

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