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11:46 24.04.2026 •
The EU must ratify a US trade deal brokered last year or it could lose “favorable” access to American shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG), Washington’s ambassador to the bloc has warned.
In comments to the Financial Times published, US President Donald Trump’s ambassador to the EU, Andrew Puzder, said the deal must be implemented in the same form in which it was agreed between Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in July last year.
The deal spans a range of trade sectors and sets tariff limits on various goods. It would also see the EU purchase US oil, LNG and civil nuclear technologies worth around $750 billion (€647 billion) by 2028.
If the European Parliament tries to add amendments, the energy aspect of the deal could be at risk, Puzder warned at a time when global energy supplies and prices are under strain amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, which escalated after US-Israeli strikes on Iran last month.
“I don’t know what will happen with respect to energy if [the EU doesn’t] go forward with the agreement… I mean, we're back to square one. I’m not sure where we go,” he told the FT.
“I think the United States will continue to want to do business with Europe, but just the terms may not be as favorable. The environment certainly won’t be as favorable. And… there are other buyers out there,” Puzder added.
‘We can supply energy’
In response to US-Israeli attacks, Iran has effectively blocked the strategic Strait of Hormuz, through which around 20% of the world’s oil supply and significant volumes of liquefied natural gas transited before the crisis.
The blockade has led to a steep jump in global oil prices, prompting governments around the world to release hundreds of millions of barrels of emergency oil reserves in an effort to soften the economic blow.
Puzder said that if EU member states are “going to survive economically, they need energy,” adding: “and we can supply it… We’d like to have the kind of relationship where we’re encouraged to do that.”
He also said that a regulation requiring exporters to the EU to report their methane emissions by the start of next year should be changed, arguing that the rule could “drive up fuel costs” and that “Europe will realize it needs to reduce some of these trade barriers.”
...This is a very interesting statement from the American side.
After breaking its agreement with Russia on energy supplies to the EU, Europe has now begun purchasing up to 50-60 percent of its oil and liquefied natural gas needs from the United States. Thus, the EU leadership intended to abandon its “dependence on Russian energy.” And, in fact, it has!
From now on Europe will be under constant pressure from Washington regarding the volumes and prices of gas and oil from the United States - as a monopoly on supplies!
The EU wanted “independence” from Russia? It has now found itself under American servitude. Oil and gas prices for Europe have soared, and the Americans are counting their benefits.
If Europe starts acting up, it could be left without American gas and oil altogether. And Andrew Puzder made it clear: “There are other buyers out there”…
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