{"id":9020,"date":"2025-04-18T14:16:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T11:16:37","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-04-18T14:16:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T11:16:37","slug":"china-halts-us-lng-imports-amid-trade-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harici.com.tr\/en\/china-halts-us-lng-imports-amid-trade-war\/","title":{"rendered":"China halts US LNG imports amid trade war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-spacing=\"double\">According to shipping data showing how the trade war initiated by the US against China has spread to energy cooperation, China&#8217;s imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the US have completely stopped for over 10 weeks.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">According to data reported by the <em>Financial Times<\/em>, no other shipments have been made between the two countries since a 69,000-ton LNG tanker from Corpus Christi, Texas, reached the southern Fujian province on February 6.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">A second tanker was diverted to Bangladesh after it could not arrive before China imposed a 15% tariff on US LNG on February 10. The tariff has since risen to 49%, making US gas uneconomical for Chinese buyers for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">The freezing of US LNG is a repeat of the import ban that lasted over a year during Donald Trump&#8217;s first term.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">However, according to experts, the impact of this situation will strengthen China&#8217;s energy relationship with Russia and raise questions about the massive expansion of multi-billion dollar liquefied natural gas terminals underway in the US and Mexico.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">Anne-Sophie Corbeau, a gas expert at the Columbia University Global Energy Policy Center, told the Financial Times, &#8220;There will be long-term consequences.&#8221; She added, &#8220;I don&#8217;t think Chinese LNG importers will sign a new LNG contract from the US.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">Since Russia&#8217;s intervention in Ukraine, China has imported a relatively low portion of its LNG from the US, and Chinese buyers preferred to resell the gas to Europe for profit. Last year, only 6% of China&#8217;s LNG came from the US, which was lower than the peak level of 11% in 2021.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">However, according to <em>Kpler<\/em> data, Chinese companies like PetroChina and Sinopec have signed 13 long-term contracts to buy LNG from US terminals, some extending until 2049.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">Such long-term agreements were crucial for the realization of large LNG projects in the US, but Corbeau said developers have recently been trying to renegotiate terms to account for rising inflation and costs resulting from US tariffs.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">Gillian Boccara, an analyst at <em>Kpler<\/em>, said she saw no reason for trade between the two countries to resume in the short term.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">Boccara said, &#8220;When this last happened, there was a complete halt until Chinese authorities granted exemptions to companies, but that was during a period when gas demand was booming.&#8221; She added, &#8220;Now we are facing lower economic growth, and we think the Chinese can withstand the loss of these cargoes for a long time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">China&#8217;s Ambassador to Russia, Zhang Hanhui, said in a statement earlier this week that China would likely increase Russian LNG imports. &#8220;I am sure there are many buyers. So many buyers are asking the embassy to help establish contact with Russian suppliers that I think there will definitely be more (imports),&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">Russia has become China&#8217;s third-largest LNG supplier after Australia and Qatar; the two countries are also negotiating for a new natural gas pipeline, Power of Siberia 2.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">Richard Bronze from energy consultancy <em>Energy Aspects<\/em> said, &#8220;With tariffs rising to an effective embargo level, we will see trade flows reorienting.&#8221; He added, &#8220;We also expect demand in Asia to fall by 5-10 million tons. 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