Geopolitical Consequences of U.S. Natural Gas Exports

Geopolitical Consequences of U.S. Natural Gas Exports

Testimony by Michael Levi

April 2013

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In his testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs' Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, Michael A. Levi discusses the geopolitical consequences of a Department of Energy decision on liquid natural gas exports; the geopolitical consequences of exports themselves; and steps that the United States could take domestically to increase support for liquid natural gas exports.

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