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Should Europe fight for this tone?
Seetao 2021-09-27 14:55
  • The Beixi No. 2 natural gas pipeline has been completed, but the game about the project has not ended.
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A few days ago, the "Beixi No. 2" pipeline that had undergone several twists and turns was finally completed, but the game surrounding the project has not ended. From the start of the project construction to the completion of the pipeline, the United States is always making small calculations of its own interests. Europe has been careful to defend its own propositions. When their own vital interests conflict, the rift between the United States and Europe, its former allies, becomes more and more obvious.

An important reason why the United States opposes the "North Stream 2" pipeline is energy competition. As an important consumer market for natural gas, the United States, which strongly promotes LNG, is eager to get a share of the pie. If Germany and other European countries import a large amount of pipeline natural gas from Russia, it will undoubtedly reduce the share of US LNG imports or reduce the import growth rate. Of course, there are more complicated geopolitical considerations behind this.

The dispute repeats

The United States has spent a lot of diplomatic resources on the "North Stream 2" issue. The President, the Vice President, the Secretary of State, and the Congressional Foreign Affairs Committee have taken turns to work. Grenell, the former US ambassador to Germany, also sent a letter to the German companies participating in the project, warning that their activities are "risk of sanctions." Generally speaking, it is common to put pressure on allied countries in foreign affairs, but it will not rise to the introduction of a bill to take drastic "sanctions" such as cancellation of visas and freezing of property on allied companies. After all, energy policy is Germany's internal affairs, and the energy cooperation between Germany and Russia has neither violated any UN resolutions nor exceeded the scope of Western countries' sanctions against Russia after the Ukraine crisis. When answering a reporter’s question, German Foreign Minister Maas said that Germany does not believe that the United States has extraterritorial jurisdiction in international law, and has expressed its opposition to unilateral sanctions in the dialogue with the United States. Germany will be independent on its own energy supply issues. decision making. This statement expressed Germany's extreme dissatisfaction with the US bullying behavior, and Germany's rational struggle was eventually exchanged for a "compromise" from the United States.

Coincidentally. Recently, the United States, Britain, and Australia announced the establishment of a so-called "new trilateral security partnership." The United States and Britain will support the Australian Navy in establishing a nuclear submarine force, and Australia will cooperate with the United States and Britain to build nuclear submarines. Australia also tore up the tens of billions of dollars of submarine orders signed with the French Navy Group. According to many foreign media outlets, this cooperation plan between the United States, Britain and Australia has been planned for a long time, but France, as their ally, has been kept in the dark.

All these practices have allowed European allies such as Germany and France, and the people of the world to recognize the ugly face and treachery of the U.S. at a critical moment, placing its own interests above allied relations, and it has also made Europeans firm in their implementation. The determination of strategic autonomy.

Keywords: overseas engineering, international engineering construction, foreign engineering construction news

Recently, the shortage of natural gas supply and price increases in Europe have intensified. The main reason is the huge natural gas demand brought about by the economic recovery in Europe. Under the influence of factors such as the new crown pneumonia epidemic and the green new policies of various countries, Europe's own natural gas production is sluggish. The Dutch European benchmark natural gas futures prices have soared to record levels as evidenced by this. If Europe does not fight for this "breath", I am afraid it will not only be a difficult winter.Editor/XuNing

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