re: Chinese put tariffs on LNG

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If they don't, this is possibly the dumbest thing a country could do.

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Yeah, it will just increase their energy cost, but those Chinese industries will be subsidized further on the back end. So the net effect will be zero.

The overarching factor in the LNG market is energy demand which is the overall global economy. In this situation tariffs might price the U.S. out of competition from other counties like Australia or Qatar. However the market is growing as more LNG terminals are being built so the U.S. producers will easily find other markets.

And ironically if U.S. producers have trouble finding other markets besides China, that means cheaper natural gas prices for U.S. consumers.