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“We would consider an export ban if we thought that actually might lower prices, but that's not the case. [Burgum, speaking to reporters at a G20 energy meeting in Houston, later told CNBC that] every idea should be on the table that will actually lower the price of diesel or lower the price of gasoline. … I'm not at all confident that that would actually lower the price. [He warned a ban] could actually hurt Americans [if trading partners answered with their own export restrictions].
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