Trade Deals, Trade Threats: Will US LNG Exports Benefit?
A US-EU preliminary trade deal, combined with Qatar's threats to cut off LNG to Europe, opens a potential door to more US LNG cargoes flowing across the Atlantic.
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Insights from the Center on Global Energy Policy
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
The conflict between Iran, Israel, and now the United States has yet to disrupt energy supplies to global markets.
President Donald Trump has made energy a clear focus for his second term in the White House. Having campaigned on an “America First” platform that highlighted domestic fossil-fuel growth, the reversal of climate policies and clean energy incentives advanced by the Biden administration, and substantial tariffs on key US trading partners, he declared an “energy emergency” on his first day in office.
The Israeli-led military campaign against Iran’s nuclear and missile programs (primarily) was broadly successful. It remains unclear whether Iran retains the ability to develop nuclear weapons quickly; consequently,...
President Trump has ended the federal government’s use of the "social cost of carbon" (SCC), an official estimate of the harms caused by carbon dioxide emissions.
This special CGEP blog series, featuring six contributions from CGEP scholars, analyzes the potential impacts of the OBBBA across a range of sectors.
The Israeli-led military campaign against Iran’s nuclear and missile programs (primarily) was broadly successful. It remains unclear whether Iran retains the ability to develop nuclear weapons quickly; consequently,...
President Trump has ended the federal government’s use of the "social cost of carbon" (SCC), an official estimate of the harms caused by carbon dioxide emissions.
This special CGEP blog series, featuring six contributions from CGEP scholars, analyzes the potential impacts of the OBBBA across a range of sectors.
The US Department of Defense has announced a multibillion-dollar public-private partnership with MP Materials.
The European Commission published a proposed regulation on June 17 to end Russian gas imports by the end of 2027.
China’s dependence on the energy supplies that move through the Strait of Hormuz makes it especially vulnerable to any possible closure of the waterway by Iran in retaliation for attacks by Israel and the United States.
The conflict between Iran, Israel, and now the United States has yet to disrupt energy supplies to global markets.
The commercial deals Trump struck on artificial intelligence cooperation will likely shift the global balance of power for one of this century's most critical technologies.
President Donald Trump's first official foreign policy trip, as in his first term, was to Saudi Arabia earlier this month, with additional stops in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
Saudi Arabia’s recent moves into the liquefied natural gas (LNG) market may be a sign the giant oil exporter is looking to expand into a rapidly growing and politically influential market it had long ignored.
On April 30, 2025, the United States and Ukraine signed a long-anticipated economic partnership agreement establishing the US–Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund.
The Trump administration may release a blueprint for a US sovereign wealth fund (SWF) in early May after the president signed an executive order in February giving the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce 90 days to develop a plan.