UK Holds Emergency Talks With U.S. as Diesel Crisis Escalates

Energy secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh is holding crunch talks with her American counterpart over Donald Trump’s threat to curb diesel exports to Europe. City AM understands that Fahnbulleh is in direct contact with US energy secretary Chris Wright to discuss a US move to potentially choke off diesel exports to Europe that threatens to upend supply and send prices at the pump soaring, a person familiar with the discussions said. The UK and Europe are being pressured by the Trump administration to tap into their emergency stockpiles of the fuel…