BERLIN—Chan#cel#lor An#gela Merkel has of#fered gov#ern#ment sup#port to ef#forts to open up Ger#many to U.S. gas, a key con#ces#sion to Pres#i#dent Trump as he tries to loosen Rus#sia’s grip on Eu#rope’s largest en#ergy mar#ket.
Mr. Trump has in#ten#sively lob#bied Eu#rope to buy sig#nif#i#cant amounts of LNG as part of his cam#paign to re#write the terms of trade re#la#tions. Ger#man and U.S. of#fi#cials said Berlin hoped em#brac-ing U.S. gas might help solve a pro#tracted trade dis#pute and pos#si#bly even defuse threats by Wash#ing#ton to sanc#tion Nord Stream 2, an un#built Ger#man-Russ#ian gas pipe#line that would dou#ble Rus#sia’s ex#ist#ing gas ex#port ca#pac#ity to Ger#many.
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Mr. Trump has in#ten#sively lob#bied Eu#rope to buy sig#nif#i#cant amounts of LNG as part of his cam#paign to re#write the terms of trade re#la#tions. Ger#man and U.S. of#fi#cials said Berlin hoped em#brac-ing U.S. gas might help solve a pro#tracted trade dis#pute and pos#si#bly even defuse threats by Wash#ing#ton to sanc#tion Nord Stream 2, an un#built Ger#man-Russ#ian gas pipe#line that would dou#ble Rus#sia’s ex#ist#ing gas ex#port ca#pac#ity to Ger#many.
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