Revived trade deal with China would include LNG exports
Rigzone/Bloomberg:
Reviving liquefied natural gas exports to China could form part of an interim trade agreement with Beijing, according to comments from U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.This comes at a time when the infrastructure is coming online in Texas to get oil and gas from Permian Basin to Gulf ports and more LNG trains are coming online or in the works.
LNG and soybeans are among the goods being discussed in phase one negotiations dealing with current trade issues, Ross said Tuesday in a telephone press conference from Bangkok. Sealing a smaller, first-round accord would help reduce tensions and rebuild trust, and could be the precursor to a more robust pact that addresses structural issues, he said.
China hasn’t imported a cargo of U.S. LNG since April after it placed a retaliatory 25 percent tariff on shipments last year. In the long run, that could be a missed opportunity to develop trade in a commodity that would benefit both countries. China is the world’s fastest growing market for the super-chilled fuel, which it wants to use in place of coal to fight pollution. And the U.S., buoyed by booming natural gas production from shale fields, could easily be on track to be the world’s biggest exporter.
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