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14 Sep 2018

US government’s op-ed “a shameless diplomatic sales pitch“ – opinion

Handelsblatt Global

In an opinion piece, David Reay reacts to the op-ed on liquefied natural gas (LNG) by US ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell and US deputy secretary of energy Dan Brouillette in the Handelsblatt on 13 September. “The pair offers up a shameless diplomatic sales pitch to convince Germany to import more [LNG] from the US”, which it does not even need, writes Reay.

Find the opinion piece in English .

For background, read the 91tv news piece Qatar Petroleum in talks with Uniper and RWE over German LNG terminal, the factsheet Gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 links Germany to Russia, but splits Europe, and the dossier The role of gas in Germany's energy transition.

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