EU officials and gas industry executives projected confidence Monday that European countries would keep buying large amounts of U.S. liquefied natural gas — even as the allies navigate the turbulent foreign policy of President Donald Trump.
The optimistic comments from several European ministers and diplomats at an industry event in Washington come weeks after EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen said the bloc was seeking alternative suppliers in the wake of Trump’s threats to take over Greenland. The European Parliament also punted a vote Monday on implementing a new trade deal with the U.S. that includes a commitment to purchase $750 billion in American energy.
Trump’s National Energy Dominance Council is set to host a closed-door conference Tuesday with Eastern and Central European diplomats and U.S. LNG companies aimed at striking new gas supply deals, according to a White House official.
“The U.S.-European LNG partnership — we will probably see that it will evolve, but it will not fade,” EU Ambassador to the U.S. Jovita Neliupšienė said at Monday’s event, which was hosted by the trade association LNG Allies to mark 10 years since the first American LNG cargo was shipped.
