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Europe agrees to release stocked diesel oil, Trump says

Germany cuts energy tax on gas and diesel until year's end
Germany cuts energy tax on gas and diesel until year's end — Axel Schmidt

WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Europe has agreed to release a "massive amount" of diesel oil stocks, as the price of the fuel has steadily risen head of November US elections.

"Europe has just agreed to release a massive amount of their heavily stocked Diesel Oil. The process will begin immediately," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.

(Reporting by Ismail Shakil and Doina Chiacu; Editing by Michelle Nichols)

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