{"id":15274,"date":"2026-03-11T15:23:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=15274"},"modified":"2026-03-11T15:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:31:11","slug":"trump-announces-new-us-refinery-backed-by-indias-reliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=15274","title":{"rendered":"Trump announces new US refinery backed by India&#8217;s Reliance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced the construction of a refinery on the southern U.S. border backed by India&#8217;s \u200bReliance Industries (RELI.NS), opens new tab, operator of the world&#8217;s biggest refining complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"662\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260311152227-1024x662.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260311152227-1024x662.png 1024w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260311152227-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260311152227-768x497.png 768w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260311152227.png 1042w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Trump made the announcement as drivers react to spiking gasoline prices since the \u200cstart of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, and while Republicans and Democrats prepare for midterm elections that could determine which party controls Congress through the last two years of his presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Thank you to our partners in India, and their largest privately held Energy Company, Reliance, for this tremendous Investment,&#8221; Trump said on social media platform Truth Social.<br>The 168,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) refinery will \u200bbe built at the port of Brownsville and will offset $300 billion in the trade deficit with India, startup America First Refining said in \u200ba statement.<br>Reliance did not respond to an emailed request for comment.<br>&#8220;For the first time in half a century, the \u2060United States will build a new refinery designed specifically for American shale oil,&#8221; said America First&#8217;s chairman and founder, John V. 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