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EU’s energy import promises to US are unrealistic and incoherent, analysts warn

By Eleonora Rinaldi ( July 29, 2025, 15:29 GMT | Comment) -- An EU pledge to boost energy imports from the US to $250 billion per year over three years has drawn some sharp criticism. While the European Commission defends the deal as the best possible, given threats of a damaging trade war with the US, several experts said dramatically increasing LNG imports would be unfeasible, citing historical import capacity and gas price forecasts. Others argue the move would create a risky dependency on the US and drive up energy prices and emissions.Sunday's EU-US trade agreement commits the European Commission to ramping up imports of US liquefied natural gas, oil and nuclear fuels to a total of $750 billion over the next three years (see here). But is that figure realistic? If so, does it even make sense?...

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