What could the most recent chapter in the ongoing US-China trade dispute mean for the growing US LNG export market? In response to the Trump administration’s latest round of tariffs on approximately $200 billion of Chinese imports , the Chinese government has retaliated with plans to impose new tariffs on roughly $60 billion worth of imports from the United States. The Chinese government’s action includes a 10-percent tariff on U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG), effective September 24. What could the most recent chapter in the ongoing U.S.-China trade dispute mean for the growing U.S. LNG export market? “The impact on the short-term market is likely to be less than we previously indicated,” Giles Farrer, research director with Wood Mackenzie, stated in a commentary Wednesday. “This is partly because the level of the tariff is lower than initially proposed, 10 percent now versus 25 percent in August, but also because […]