Trump-EU trade deal: bad news for the climate

Will the trade agreement snatched from the European Union (EU) in Scotland by the United States on Sunday, July 27, have harmful repercussions on the climate? In addition to the tariffs component , the two parties agreed that the Old Continent, over the next three years, will buy $250 billion worth of American energy, or $750 billion for the entire period. Brussels thus intends to "replace Russian gas and oil," by purchasing more heavily from the Americans, according to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. All the details are not yet known, but the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) seems to be at the heart of the new