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Liam Denning

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Writing about the transformation of energy systems and the automotive industry for Bloomberg Opinion. Also: The Arctic. Opinions are my own.

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Nat Bullard @nathanielbullard.com · 6h
Something new from me: the Nameplate podcast. Indepth interviews with the CEOs of the most important executives in the US utility sector. Candid, heads-up, and with an eye on the future and technology wishlists for the next 100 years. Trailer: halcyon.io/blog/machine...
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Introducing the Nameplate Podcast
Nameplate, a new Halcyon podcast interviewing US utility CEOs only. First guests: Edison International, ComEd, Puget Sound Energy, APS and Georgia Power.
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Leah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Elon Musk's America PAC is quietly donating to the most consequential races of November's midterms, and @wired.com is tracking all of it - in real time. amazing work from @dell.bsky.social, who built this, and big lifts from @hugolowell.bsky.social, @dmehro.bsky.social, and @regret.bsky.social:
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Elon Musk’s America PAC Is Spending Big on the Midterms. We’re Tracking It Daily
To follow Elon Musk’s America PAC money, WIRED created a live-updating tracker that highlights the trillionaire’s overall influence on November’s elections.
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
While the US debates whether and how to allow in Chinese autos competition, guess what - it's here already GIFT LINK @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Audi’s $89,000 Q9 Shows Chinese Competition Is Hitting the US
America’s automakers enjoy the refuge of an anti-Chinese wall. But so do foreign, non-Chinese automakers who also sell vehicles in America, especially if they manufacture here. This means Chinese comp...
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the tech industry is about to invent books
Andrew Yeung 
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We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
While the US debates whether and how to allow in Chinese autos competition, guess what - it's here already GIFT LINK @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Audi’s $89,000 Q9 Shows Chinese Competition Is Hitting the US
America’s automakers enjoy the refuge of an anti-Chinese wall. But so do foreign, non-Chinese automakers who also sell vehicles in America, especially if they manufacture here. This means Chinese comp...
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Chinese car competition has hit the US already 🎁LINK @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Audi’s $89,000 Q9 Shows Chinese Competition Is Hitting the US
America’s automakers enjoy the refuge of an anti-Chinese wall. But so do foreign, non-Chinese automakers who also sell vehicles in America, especially if they manufacture here. This means Chinese comp...
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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Oh brother.
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Chinese car competition has hit the US already 🎁LINK @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Audi’s $89,000 Q9 Shows Chinese Competition Is Hitting the US
America’s automakers enjoy the refuge of an anti-Chinese wall. But so do foreign, non-Chinese automakers who also sell vehicles in America, especially if they manufacture here. This means Chinese comp...
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 03/10/2026
Bloomberg News Now is a comprehensive audio report of today's top stories. Hear the latest news, updated throughout the day, covering global business stories in just a few minutes.
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Trump Praises G7 on Diesel Release, Stocks Closer Higher, More - Bloomberg
Bloomberg News Now is a comprehensive audio report of today's top stories. Hear the latest news, updated throughout the day, covering global business stories in just a few minutes.
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Rory Johnston @roryjohnston.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨 NEW POST 🚨 ⛽️ 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗭𝗼𝗻𝗲 💀 Wars have hobbled many of the world’s largest diesel exporters, pushing the price of the industrial workhorse fuel into the stratosphere in search of elusive demand destruction as gov'ts scramble www.commoditycontext.com/p/diesel-dan...
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Diesel Danger Zone
Wars have hobbled many of the world’s largest diesel exporters, pushing the price of the industrial workhorse fuel into the stratosphere in search of elusive demand destruction as governments scramble
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
That Trump managed to get the long-dormant Alaska LNG project paid for by South Korea just in time for the midterms is nothing short of miraculous. As in, tangential to reality. @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Trump's $54 Billion Election Pitch for Alaska LNG Is Its Undoing
President Donald Trump’s announcement on Wednesday that South Korea would invest $54 billion in a giant liquefied natural gas project in Alaska had a touch of the miraculous — as in, wondrous but tang...
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And second: Impact on profits (TLDR: Not good) @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Someone Call Tesla a Robotaxi, or SpaceX, Quick
As Tesla Inc.’s main electric vehicle business has stalled, its narrative has expanded to new frontiers. The company’s trillion-dollar-plus valuation increasingly relates more to the sheer size of som...
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Tesla's 3Q EV sales beat estimates - by running down inventory again. Same as the prior quarter. If you want to understand what that does to Tesla's results, here are the two columns I wrote on it this summer. First: deliveries (1/2) @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Tesla’s EV Sales Still Matter, Despite the AI and Robots Noise
Now that Ford Motor Co. is an artificial intelligence-enabler, its vehicle sales figures are irrelevant. I’m joking, obviously. With Tesla Inc., I’m only half-joking.
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
That Trump managed to get the long-dormant Alaska LNG project paid for by South Korea just in time for the midterms is nothing short of miraculous. As in, tangential to reality. @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Trump's $54 Billion Election Pitch for Alaska LNG Is Its Undoing
President Donald Trump’s announcement on Wednesday that South Korea would invest $54 billion in a giant liquefied natural gas project in Alaska had a touch of the miraculous — as in, wondrous but tang...
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump keeps trying to make Alaska LNG happen. That's a big part of its problem @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Trump's $54 Billion Election Pitch for Alaska LNG Is Its Undoing
President Donald Trump’s announcement on Wednesday that South Korea would invest $54 billion in a giant liquefied natural gas project in Alaska had a touch of the miraculous — as in, wondrous but tang...
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 01/10/2026
The White House's pitch party for Alaska LNG notwithstanding, the project faces daunting market obstacles and a seemingly hesitant partner in South Korea (via Bloomberg Opinion)
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Trump's $54 Billion Election Pitch for Alaska LNG Is Its Undoing
President Donald Trump’s announcement on Wednesday that South Korea would invest $54 billion in a giant liquefied natural gas project in Alaska had a touch of the miraculous — as in, wondrous but tangential to reality. On Trump’s reading, Alaska LNG, having been little more than a pipe dream for decades, is now not only getting built, and with foreign money, but also secures its future just ahead of midterm elections by happy coincidence, and in a state with a tight, crucial Senate race, no less
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The US emerged as a useful hedge for the world's LNG importers. Now it's turning into something to hedge against @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Trump's $54 Billion Election Pitch for Alaska LNG Is Its Undoing
President Donald Trump’s announcement on Wednesday that South Korea would invest $54 billion in a giant liquefied natural gas project in Alaska had a touch of the miraculous — as in, wondrous but tang...
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The US emerged as a useful hedge for the world's LNG importers. Now it's turning into something to hedge against @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Trump's $54 Billion Election Pitch for Alaska LNG Is Its Undoing
President Donald Trump’s announcement on Wednesday that South Korea would invest $54 billion in a giant liquefied natural gas project in Alaska had a touch of the miraculous — as in, wondrous but tang...
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Alaska LNG is, above all, a political project. That is both its best hope and its undoing. @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Trump's $54 Billion Election Pitch for Alaska LNG Is Its Undoing
President Donald Trump’s announcement on Wednesday that South Korea would invest $54 billion in a giant liquefied natural gas project in Alaska had a touch of the miraculous — as in, wondrous but tang...
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump’s Alaska LNG deal is missing just one small detail: A deal @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Alaska LNG's $54 Billion Political Pitch Is Its Undoing
President Donald Trump’s announcement on Wednesday that South Korea would invest $54 billion in a giant liquefied natural gas project in Alaska had a touch of the miraculous — as in, wondrous but tang...
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump’s half-baked Alaska deal @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Alaska LNG's $54 Billion Political Pitch Is Its Undoing
President Donald Trump’s announcement on Wednesday that South Korea would invest $54 billion in a giant liquefied natural gas project in Alaska had a touch of the miraculous — as in, wondrous but tang...
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump’s Alaska LNG deal is missing just one small detail: A deal @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Alaska LNG's $54 Billion Political Pitch Is Its Undoing
President Donald Trump’s announcement on Wednesday that South Korea would invest $54 billion in a giant liquefied natural gas project in Alaska had a touch of the miraculous — as in, wondrous but tang...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Eric Schmitt is on The Charlie Kirk Show (yes it's still called that) -- and believe it or not, hosts are pretending he owned Smith with his embarrassingly botched gotcha "You caught him in this NBA game too in Atlanta" "Yeah," Schmitt says There's no mention that Schmitt had all his facts wrong
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If you want to understand why Trump's gutting of fuel economy standards is doubled-edged for Detroit, look at GM's stock price <GIFT LINK> @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Trump’s New Fuel Standards Put US Autos in Reverse
The Trump administration’s new fuel-economy standards hew to Homer Simpson’s approach to tough tasks or failure: “Never try.” They are simultaneously a gift for US automakers and an act of sabotage to...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
holy shit -- turns out Jack Smith went to a Hawkeyes game in Maryland but Schmitt's team is so reckless they concocted a conspiracy theory that Smith was actually in Atlanta seeing a Hawks game and colluding with Fani Willis. Klobuchar points out to Schmitt, "you have your teams wrong."
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
anyone wanting to understand the current, denuded state of the Republican party, should listen to Sen John Kennedy's line of questioning for Jack Smith
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If you want to understand why Trump's gutting of fuel economy standards is doubled-edged for Detroit, look at GM's stock price <GIFT LINK> @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Trump’s New Fuel Standards Put US Autos in Reverse
The Trump administration’s new fuel-economy standards hew to Homer Simpson’s approach to tough tasks or failure: “Never try.” They are simultaneously a gift for US automakers and an act of sabotage to...
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump’s gutted fuel economy ‘standards’ are a gift to automakers - the kind that ticks and goes boom @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Trump’s New Fuel Standards Put US Autos in Reverse
The Trump administration’s new fuel-economy standards hew to Homer Simpson’s approach to tough tasks or failure: “Never try.” They are simultaneously a gift for US automakers and an act of sabotage to...
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump’s gutted fuel economy ‘standards’ are a gift to automakers - the kind that ticks and goes boom @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Trump’s New Fuel Standards Put US Autos in Reverse
The Trump administration’s new fuel-economy standards hew to Homer Simpson’s approach to tough tasks or failure: “Never try.” They are simultaneously a gift for US automakers and an act of sabotage to...
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Not venturing out on the farthest limb to say that the AI sector’s biggest PR screwup to date, of many, is having Trump as de facto chief spokesperson
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Gasoline hits a seasonal record. Naturally, the thing to do is gut fuel efficiency standards
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Kygosi @kygosi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Gym memberships must be crimes against humanity
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
Amazing detail in this @wsj article about Kimberly Guilfoyle, US ambassador to Greece: she told a Greek minister, in a conversation about the collapse of the Romanian government,“We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here." www.wsj.com/articles/kim...
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The Mystery Man Shadowing Kimberly Guilfoyle as She Pushes Deals Across Europe
Christos Marafatsos works as an energy lobbyist while also closely advising the U.S. ambassador to Greece.
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Bloomberg Opinion @opinion.bloomberg.com · 26/09/2026
“Why did a Russian oligarch close to Putin fund Trump Jr.’s wedding in the Bahamas?” That’s an excellent question
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Don Jr. Has Some Explaining to Do
“Why did a Russian oligarch close to Putin fund Trump Jr.’s wedding in the Bahamas?” That’s an excellent question.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We’ve got to build it before China does.
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Will Wade @willwwade.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Some breaking news -- NRC poised to issue construction permit for TVA's small modular reactor project, the second US approval for SMRs. With Ari Natter. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Nuclear Project in Tennessee Poised for US Regulatory Approval
US regulators are poised to approve Tennessee Valley Authority to build a small nuclear plant, according to people familiar with the plan.
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Bloomberg Opinion @opinion.bloomberg.com · 24/09/2026
Forget about bringing an iced coffee to the job interview — the new way to show you’re serious is with a seafood boil
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Iced Coffee at a Job Interview? How About a Seafood Boil?
How you take your caffeinated beverage is not really a proper question in the corporate world.
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A diesel export ban is where Trump's 'energy dominance' gives way to energy expedience <GIFT LINK> @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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A Diesel Export Ban Is a Bad Idea. Trump Needs It Anyway
The US is not short of diesel but Republicans’ odds for the midterms appear ever longer. So a ban on diesel exports, terrible idea though it is, now looks more likely.
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Bloomberg Opinion @opinion.bloomberg.com · 23/09/2026
Nothing comes for free, and the ramifications of a diesel ban would be pernicious and lasting, @liamdenning.bsky.social says. 🎥
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Trump looks set to impose a 90-day diesel export ban. Here's why it's a bad idea for everyone - except for him @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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A Diesel Export Ban Is a Bad Idea. Trump Needs It Anyway
The US is not short of diesel but Republicans’ odds for the midterms appear ever longer. So a ban on diesel exports, terrible idea though it is, now looks more likely.
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Trump looks set to impose a 90-day diesel export ban. Here's why it's a bad idea for everyone - except for him @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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A Diesel Export Ban Is a Bad Idea. Trump Needs It Anyway
The US is not short of diesel but Republicans’ odds for the midterms appear ever longer. So a ban on diesel exports, terrible idea though it is, now looks more likely.
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Volkswagen's struggles to cope with Chinese competition has lessons for Detroit and the White House on autos @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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How Ford and GM Can Avoid VW’s China Pains
When President Donald Trump meets with President Xi Jinping of China this week, there will surely be some car talk. The big topic is access to the US autos market, with Trump recently saying, again, t...
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A diesel export ban is where Trump's 'energy dominance' gives way to energy expedience <GIFT LINK> @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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A Diesel Export Ban Is a Bad Idea. Trump Needs It Anyway
The US is not short of diesel but Republicans’ odds for the midterms appear ever longer. So a ban on diesel exports, terrible idea though it is, now looks more likely.
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🎁GIFT LINK🎁 A diesel export ban is a bad idea - unless you’re Trump @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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A Diesel Export Ban Is a Bad Idea. Trump Needs It Anyway
The US is not short of diesel but Republicans’ odds for the midterms appear ever longer. So a ban on diesel exports, terrible idea though it is, now looks more likely.
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A diesel export ban is a bad idea for everyone - except Trump @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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A Diesel Export Ban Is a Bad Idea. Trump Needs It Anyway
The US is not short of diesel but Republicans’ odds for the midterms appear ever longer. So a ban on diesel exports, terrible idea though it is, now looks more likely.
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
VW used to be worth more than GM and Ford combined. Its decline holds a lesson for any US-China talks on car plants @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
When Trump talks cars with Xi, Detroit beat hope he is thinking about the VW crisis @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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How Ford and GM Can Avoid VW’s China Pains
When President Donald Trump meets with President Xi Jinping of China this week, there will surely be some car talk. The big topic is access to the US autos market, with Trump recently saying, again, t...
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
When Trump talks cars with Xi, Detroit beat hope he is thinking about the VW crisis @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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How Ford and GM Can Avoid VW’s China Pains
When President Donald Trump meets with President Xi Jinping of China this week, there will surely be some car talk. The big topic is access to the US autos market, with Trump recently saying, again, t...
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