A European Union plan to bring back to the table the offer of buying more American gas to entice Donald Trump, Politico presents Monday. It is estimated that the president of the United States will be more open to negotiations after suspending the duties that shake the international economy.

According to Politico, citing three European officials with knowledge of the relevant talks, “The EU plans to reopen the talks to boost liquefied natural gas (LNG) markets in the US and will submit specific proposals to ” calm down ” Washington’s rage for transatlantic trade.”

The way the European Union is considering is through the concentration of demand, a process that would allow larger, pan -European orders to meet the White House demands, but ideally at more competitive prices. “

Europe has been trying to involve the Trump government for months for months, but diplomats have said their approach was accepted with confusion and indifference from Washington. “Now, however, the situation has changed – markets are collapsing, and entrepreneurs are begging Trump to change tactics.”

“These suggestions have been on the table for a long time, but we hope that now there is the opportunity to make progress” He explained to Politico one of the European officials.

It is recalled that last Tuesday Trump invited Europe to spend $ 350 billion More for American energy to cover what the US president considers to be a “persistent commercial deficit”. Despite its rhetoric, however, the US and the EU actually have a relatively balanced commercial relationship with regard to goods and services.

A twenty -four -hour period was followed by the Trump “freezing” of most world duties for 90 days, insisting that America’s partners are now negotiating to eliminate trade barriers, a move that the EU is perceived as yet another opening to promote it.

“In the future, we will buy more natural gas than the US”, EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen stressed on Tuesday, adding that markets should be aligned with the green goals of the block.

The “thorns”

But there are some “thorns”. At the end of the day, companies, not governments, buy LNG. And some EU countries have stated that their companies are already importing as much LNG as possible from the US.

It is also not clear how well the demand concentration system would work, as the EU started something similar after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, hoping to reduce prices, but few companies eventually participated.

Second element of concern, always according to Politico, are LNG prices. The EU requires countries to fill their fuel storage tanks at 90% of their capacity by November 1 of each year, and European capitals are concerned that the summer rush to buy supplies – much of which are US – will raise costs. EU countries are pressure to relax these rules, hoping that this flexibility will allow them to spend less money on liquefied natural gas.

On Thursday, European Commission President Ursula von der Laien warned that the EU would respond proportionally to duties, but for the time being, he said he said he said. “We want to give the negotiations a chance.”