U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to China between February and April is down by 95% from the same period one year earlier, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of Chinese government data. At the same time, LNG exports from Russia to China increased by 50% year-over-year for the same period.
What Happened: U.S. LNG exports to China were a crucial element of the Trump administration’s trade relations with China, and this carried over into the Biden administration.
