Trump is pushing allies to buy US gas. It’s bad economics – and a catastrophe for the climate
- Written by Christoph Nedopil, Director, Griffith Asia Institute and Professor of Economics, Griffith University
Suphanat Khumsap/GettyThe price of partnership with the United States has changed. Washington is now using assurances of defence and trade access to pressure allies in Europe and Asia to buy more of its fossil fuels under decades-long contracts.
The scale is immense. The European Union intends to import up to A$1.15 trillion of US energy –...





