A bipartisan group of senators is calling on U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel to help strengthen the trade of liquefied natural gas between the two countries and among the broader Group of Seven as its lone Asian member overtakes leadership of the political coalition.
LNG is an increasingly hot commodity due to the reorientation of international gas markets caused by the war in Ukraine. The Biden administration has promised to facilitate more LNG exports to Europe through the end of the decade, but Japan, which imports the majority of its energy and is the No. 2 importer of U.S. LNG over the last seven years, could also benefit from increased U.S. LNG exports, the senators said.
GREEN GROUPS TAKE AIM AT BIDEN’S NARRATIVE ON LNG EXPORTS
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