China News Service, March 10. According to the Associated Press, as gasoline prices hit record highs in many states in the United States, a growing number of governors and lawmakers are calling for a moratorium on gasoline taxes to ease the burden of rising oil prices.
According to data from the American Automobile Association, before Russia launched a special military operation, the "gas tax holiday" proposal had been slowly advancing in the U.S. Congress and state legislatures, and the oil price rose to $4.252 a gallon on the 9th local time, providing for the passage of the proposal. power.
Meanwhile, governors and lawmakers in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin sent a letter to congressional leaders urging them to support legislation to suspend federal gasoline at 18.4 cents a gallon taxi.
Earlier, US President Biden announced on the 8th that the United States will stop importing oil, natural gas and coal from Russia.
Recently, the market's worries about the escalation of sanctions affecting crude oil have been escalating, and the international oil price has been running at a high level.
Affected by the ban, international oil prices rose again, with Brent crude hitting US$130 per barrel at one point, close to the historical high of US$148 per barrel in 2008.