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Andy Burnham has been urged to avert a looming diesel fuel "disaster" after Donald Trump threatened a total export ban on the fuel at the UN.Speaking alongside Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky, Mr Trump said he and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had been "examining" a ban on diesel leaving the States.Mr Bessent said the US was deciding between a full or partial export ban - with a decision set to be made "fast".But Reform's Treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick has now sounded the alarm in Britain.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say "The US supplies one sixth of diesel consumed in the UK, so this move could threaten our economic security," he said last night.Mr Jenrick may have underegged the figures - with the US thought to account for about 31 per cent, or nearly a third, of UK imports.The Reform MP added: "Meanwhile, Labour oversaw the shutdown of domestic refineries at Grangemouth and Lindsey last year, due to high operating costs."As a former MI6 director warned recently, Britain's...

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Trump says he backs diesel export ban to curb soaring energy costs - The Guardian.

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