Senate Bill Calling for LNG for Nato Allies in National Interest

摘要

The boom in domestic natural gas production that is revolutionizing US industry has brought a strong focus to the economic benefits of potential LNG exports. But new legislation in the US Senate has drawn attention to a different dimension of US LNG: national security interests and geopolitical benefits for ally countries. Earlier this month outgoing US Sen. Richard Lugar, the ranking member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced a bill that proposes granting allied countries under the Nato banner automatic approvals for future US LNG exports.