{
  "id": 10606269,
  "title": "Trump, diesel and Europe’s new energy squeeze",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/trump-diesel-and-europes-new-energy-squeeze",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-29T04:05:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Politico EU",
    "slug": "politico-eu",
    "url": "https://www.politico.eu/podcast/brussels-playbook-podcast/trump-diesel-and-europes-new-energy-squeeze/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "EU energy ministers are meeting in Dublin to discuss the rising cost of energy, which is expected to worsen with the onset of winter. The UK is also facing high diesel prices, which reached a new high on Monday due to supply pressures.\n\nThe UK government is in talks with US authorities over a potential ban on diesel exports, with Chancellor John Healey stating that they are preparing for such a scenario. The UK relies on the US for around a third of its diesel imports.\n\nAccording to the BBC, US President Donald Trump has threatened to ban diesel exports, citing that they are \"thinking about it very seriously\". The UK government is working with the US to find a diplomatic solution to ease the situation, with Healey mentioning the possibility of a diplomatic settlement and an end to the conflicts in Iran and Ukraine.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}