Asia must hedge its bets on US energy

Short-term trade gains could undermine supply security

Vandana Hari

May 2, 2025 05:05 JST

Storage tanks for the Colonial Pipeline in Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.: Demand for U.S. energy exports, meant to offset U.S. trade deficits, puts importing countries in competition with each other. © Reuters

Vandana Hari is founder of Vanda Insights, a Singapore-based global energy market intelligence provider.

Major Asian economies making a beeline to boost purchases of energy commodities from the U.S. to secure relief from Donald Trump's punitive reciprocal import tariffs are in danger of trading short-term gain for long-term pain.