LNG surge eases supply concerns in the European gas market
December 10, 2025
Arguments Against Export
• Price Impacts upon Consumers
• Energy Security/Trade Deficit
• Increased Demand in the United States
LNG Export Basics
• Supporters of LNG exports focus only on the top level conclusions: LNG exports provide net benefits to the U.S.
• However, they don’t talk about the fact that according to free trade theory, there are winners and losers created from LNG exports.
• The losers in LNG exports are every other sector of the U.S. economy (other than producers and exporters) according to the NERA study
