Trump-Putin Diesel Deal: 'It Will Only Make A Tiny Difference' | Charles Hecker

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“The amount of diesel that’s being exported from Russia to the US … is literally a drop in the bucket.” If Trump’s diesel deal with Putin goes ahead, it would only bring down diesel prices by “maybe the tiniest amount for a very brief period of time”, says associate fellow at RUSI and the author of 'Zero Sum: The Arc of International Business in Russia’ Charles Hecker. Charles Hecker was speaking to Jane Mulkerrins on Times Radio. Listen live every Saturday, from 1-4pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/

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