‘Come out to fight’: Surging diesel strains truckers
Cabinet to consider measures to ease impact of fuel prices
Soaring diesel prices are straining governments as they seek to stave off inflation from rising energy costs and quell discontent from aggrieved truck operators that are seeing profits shrink.
The diesel market in Asia has tightened significantly as reduced supplies from China coincided with production disruptions and surging demand in economies rebounding from the pandemic. That has led to rising prices, putting a strain on truckers and governments…