Cold Shoulder: China Pauses LNG Shipments from U.S Due to Tariff Retaliation Moves

March 20, 2025--Written by Paul Wiseman for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--As China has retaliated to U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports by placing tariffs on liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the U.S., Chinese traders have stopped buying from the U.S. for more than 40 days. This is the longest pause in two years, according to Bloomberg, which cited data from analytics firm Kpler indicating that no U.S. shipments were in route to China.