China has stopped buying liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States, halting cargoes for more than ten weeks and widening the effects of the Sino‑American trade conflict to energy supplies. Since a 69,

China has completely stopped purchasing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States following the introduction of a 15% tariff on LNG imports on February 10, The New York Times reports. According to the media outlet,

The United States accounted for only 3 percent of China’s natural gas imports last year. Those purchases could now dry up entirely in the trade war.