Can the US Simply Demand that Europe Taps Into Its Diesel Reserves?

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The United States cannot force Europe to release diesel from its emergency stockpiles. That is according to Thijs Van de Graaf, professor of international energy policy at Ghent University, speaking on VRT NWS's De Ochtend. They can, however, exert pressure through the threat of an export ban, he says.