EU Risks Losing Favorable Access to US LNG if Trade Deal Is Altered, Envoy Says

Ambassador of the United States to the EU Andrew Puzder said that the ‘Europeans should have committed to a trillion dollars’ worth of energy.’

Andrew Puzder, then-chief executive of CKE Restaurants, after a meeting with President Donald Trump at Trump International Golf Club in Bedminster Township, N.J., on Nov. 19, 2016. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

The European Union must implement its trade deal with the United States without amendments or risk losing favorable access to its liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments, U.S. ambassador to the EU Andrew Puzder said.

On March 23, Puzder told the Financial Times that if the bloc tried to modify the terms of the deal, then energy exports could be at risk.