Opinion: Biden’s LNG export pause will hobble Asia’s energy plans

April 10, 2024

FILE PHOTO: A liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker is tugged towards a thermal power station in Futtsu, east of Tokyo, Japan November 13, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato

As Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrives in Washington this week to meet with Joe Biden, it is worth reflecting on the American president’s decision in January to pause approvals for new liquefied natural gas exports.