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Quirino Mealha

Trump defers diesel tax for truckers as fuel costs bite weeks before US midterms

Truckers, farmers and other diesel users in the US could benefit from deferred tax payments on fuel normally reserved for tractors and other off-road machinery, as the White House moves to ease a fuel squeeze that threatens to hurt the Republican Party in the midterm elections next month.

US President Donald Trump signed the order on Monday at a rally in Grand Island, Nebraska, where he was campaigning to fire up Republican voters.

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