Yes. Chancellor John Healey told BBC News that the UK is in talks with U.S. authorities over a potential stoppage of diesel exports and has started preparing for a ban, as U.K. diesel prices hit a new high on Monday, September 28, 2026.
President Donald Trump said over the weekend that the United States was “thinking about it very seriously.” The UK depends on the U.S. for around a third of its diesel imports; the RAC said the average U.K. diesel price reached about 199.33p a litre on Monday, above the prior high of 199.09p in June 2022.
Source: BBC News