MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s government agreed to pay 500 million euros ($551.35 million) in direct aid to the transport sector on Monday to help truck drivers weather surging fuel costs that have pushed some to strike and brought further chaos to supply chains. “We are going to introduce a subsidy on the price of professional diesel so that this measure has a real and effective impact,” Transport Minister Raquel Sanchez said after meeting with the National Road Transport Committee (CNTC). She said the measure was in line with similar actions taken in France, Portugal and Italy and would take ef…