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Trump’s Trade Policies Drive Decline in Asian Imports of U.S. Energy

OilPrice · Tsvetana Paraskova · last updated
Falling U.S. energy sales in China and India failed to offset increases elsewhere in Asia as the Trump Administration’s trade policies have upended Asia’s energy imports.   While Japan and South Korea have increased their imports of American crude oil, China has slashed U.S. crude and LNG imports, after halting purchases of LNG in February in response to the trade frictions with the United States, according to data from Kpler cited by Reuters columnist Clyde Russell.  India has also reduced LNG imports from America this…