A clause that will not be respected. This is how we could consider the section on the energy of the customs duties agreement concluded this weekend between the United States and the EU. In their statements, Donald Trump and Ursula von der Leyen said that the old continent is committed, in return for 15% tax on European products across the Atlantic, to buy for $ 250 billion in energy products per year for three years. A total offset amount with current flows.
On the energy front, the exchanges between Trump’s homeland and the 27 EU members relate mainly to crude oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG). In 2024, the EU imported 573 million barrels of crude oil from the United States, according to KPLER. They would be worth today – with a brent course at 69 dollars per barrel – nearly $ 40 billion. As for European imports of American LNG, they raised last year to 35 million tonnes, for an estimated value of $ 22 billion.