Forget the upcoming United Nations climate events in Brazil. The U.S. is doing its own energy diplomacy on the world stage.
The Trump administration is sending a major delegation to Greece on Thursday to participate in a Partnership for Transatlantic Energy Cooperation (PTEC) summit, a forum launched in the first Trump term and one known for natural gas trade dealmaking.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and officials from U.S. international finance agencies will be in attendance in Athens on Thursday and Friday.
That event comes just days after the U.S. helped to secure natural gas and critical mineral-friendly language in a G7 communique — and only a week after President Donald Trump returned from Asia, where the U.S. pushed natural gas exports at summits for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.
