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- 总结
- 能源部长赖特称，对俄罗斯石油暂时豁免印度，缓解了市场压力
- 赖特将价格上涨归咎于恐慌而非短缺
- 美国官员认为汽油价格上涨是短期问题
华盛顿，3月8日（路透社） – 特朗普政府官员周日为暂时放宽对俄罗斯石油的部分制裁的决定进行了辩护，并预测伊朗战争导致的汽油价格大幅上涨只会持续数周。
能源部长克里斯·赖特和美国驻联合国大使迈克·沃尔茨在多个电视脱口秀节目中表示，上周发布的允许印度购买俄罗斯石油的豁免将缓解全球市场压力。
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沃尔茨在全国广播公司的”与媒体见面”节目中表示：”这是一个为期30天的暂停，只是为了常识，让数百万桶滞留在船上的石油运往印度炼油厂。”
赖特在美国有线电视新闻网的”国情咨文”节目中表示，豁免可以帮助”缓解对石油短缺的恐惧，缓解价格飙升以及我们在市场上看到的担忧”。
战争已进入第二周，且看不到结束迹象，美国人正面临加油站更高的价格，这为美国经济增添了新的复杂因素，而美国经济在2月份意外减少了92,000个就业岗位。
根据驾车者组织AAA的数据，截至周五，全国普通汽油平均价格为每加仑3.32美元，较上周上涨11%，为2024年9月以来最高水平。柴油价格为4.33美元，较一周前上涨15%，达到2023年11月以来的最高水平。
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赖特在”福克斯新闻周日”节目中表示：”我们认为，为了让能源价格回到原来的水平，这是一个小小的代价。”
赖特称，石油和天然气并不短缺，他断言价格上涨是基于”伊朗行动将旷日持久的恐惧和看法”。
“但不会的，”赖特表示，呼应了总统唐纳德·特朗普预测战争将持续数周而非数月的说法。
特朗普周四接受路透社采访时预测，战争结束后汽油价格将”迅速下降”。
路易斯安那州共和党参议员约翰·肯尼迪批评了能源投机者。
肯尼迪在”福克斯新闻周日”节目中表示：”油价上涨是因为有一群穿着古驰乐福鞋、拿着焦糖星冰乐的石油交易商在哄抬价格。”
政治分析师表示，汽油价格持续上涨可能会在11月的中期选举中伤害共和党人，届时美国国会控制权将受到威胁。路透社/益普索上月的一项民意调查发现，大多数受访者不认同特朗普对经济”蓬勃发展”的描述。
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US energy chief defends waiver on Russian oil sanctions, blames fear for higher gas prices
March 8, 2026 3:47 PM UTC / Reuters
By Katharine Jackson and Curtis Williams
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- Summary
- Temporary waiver for Russian oil to India eases market pressure, US Energy Secretary Wright says
- Wright attributes price hikes to fear, not shortages
- US officials see higher gasoline prices as short-term issue
WASHINGTON, March 8 (Reuters) – Trump administration officials on Sunday defended a decision to temporarily lift some sanctions on Russian oil and predicted that a sharp increase in gasoline prices resulting from the Iran war would last only weeks.
Appearing on multiple TV talk shows, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said a waiver issued last week to allow Indian purchases of Russian oil would alleviate pressure on the global market.
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“It’s a 30-day pause to allow, which is just kind of common sense, to allow the millions and millions of barrels of oil that are sitting out on ships to go to Indian refineries,” Waltz said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
Wright told CNN’s “State of the Union” that the waiver can help “tamp this fear of shortage of oil, tamp the price spikes and the concerns we see in the marketplace.”
With the war now in its second week and no end in sight, Americans are grappling with higher prices at the pump, a new complicating factor for the U.S. economy, which unexpectedly lost 92,000 jobs in February.
As of Friday, the national average price for regular gasoline stood at $3.32 a gallon, up 11% from the previous week and the highest since September 2024, according to data from the motorists group AAA. Diesel was at $4.33, up 15% from a week ago, surging to the highest level since November 2023.
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“We believe this is a small price to pay to get to a world where energy prices are returned back to where they were,” Wright said on the “Fox News Sunday” program.
There is no shortage of oil or natural gas, said Wright, who asserted that the price increases are based on “fear and perception” that the Iran operation will be a drawn-out affair.
“But it won’t be,” Wright said, echoing President Donald Trump’s prediction that the war will last weeks rather than months.
Trump, in a Reuters interview on Thursday, predicted that gasoline prices will “drop very rapidly” when the war is over.
Senator John Kennedy, a Louisiana Republican, criticized energy speculators.
“The oil prices have gone up because you’ve got a bunch of oil traders out there in their Gucci loafers, with their caramel Frappuccinos who are bidding up the price,” Kennedy said on “Fox News Sunday.”
Political analysts say a persistent rise in gasoline prices could hurt Republicans in the November midterm elections when control of the U.S. Congress will be at stake. A Reuters/Ipsos poll last month found that most respondents rejected Trump’s characterization of the economy as “booming.”
Reporting by Katharine Jackson in Washington, Curtis Williams in Houston and Diana Jones in Chicago; Writing by Steve Holland; Editing by Matthew Lewis
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