Diesel hits record highs on both sides of the Atlantic and every government improvises its own answer at the pump

South Africa

3 SOURCES

Distinct domestic issue · 2 of 10 countries

Pretoria is taking away from the diesel surge first its own fiscal plumbing: the overhaul of the Sars reimbursement system, rather than the political shock that is shaking Washington.

Bangladesh

2 SOURCES

Withdrawal of public support · 2 of 10 countries

Dhaka assumes a managed increase of 20 takas per litre and faces opposition even within the ranks of its own student party.

Bolivia

3 SOURCES

Withdrawal of public support · 2 of 10 countries

Bolivia is taking a contrarian approach: the government has eliminated its diesel subsidy while its neighbors are strengthening theirs, accepting the surge in prices and the transportation sector's outrage.

United States

2 SOURCES

Internal division in the face of electoral pressure · 1 of 10 countries

The United States is facing an internal split within the Republican camp: a senator allied with Trump is calling for an embargo on diesel exports, while the White House has not made a decision 45 days from the midterms.

France

6 SOURCES

Targeted consumer support · 3 of 10 countries

Paris is walking a fine line between targeted aid and budget constraints as record diesel prices make their way into the presidential campaign, prompting Emmanuel Macron to seek supply guarantees from New York

Greece

2 SOURCES

Targeted consumer support · 3 of 10 countries

Athens is responding to the surge in fuel prices with targeted assistance and is reserving a tax cut for a green light from Brussels that is slow to come.

Hungary

5 SOURCES

Targeted consumer support · 3 of 10 countries

Budapest opts for targeted automatic assistance rather than a return to protected prices, by paying out 20,000 forints in four instalments to diesel owners.

Mexico

3 SOURCES

Distinct domestic issue · 2 of 10 countries

Mexico City is separating the global diesel surge from its own issue: fuel stolen from Pemex pipelines and resold at gas stations linked to organized crime.

Nigeria

6 SOURCES

Market and transparency tools · 2 of 10 countries

Abuja is measuring the surge in lost wages: ten litres of fuel at 1,430 nairas swallow more than a fifth of the monthly minimum wage, while tricycles and taxis pass on the increase to every trip in the federal capital.

Peru

2 SOURCES

Market and transparency tools · 2 of 10 countries

Lima is comparing, neighborhood by neighborhood, the cost of a full tank of gas while Moscow is rationing gasoline after a drone strike on a refinery.