US and Qatar Join Forces to Oppose EU Sustainability Directive

The US and Qatar, the world’s biggest producers of liquefied natural gas, have jointly urged European Union member states to abandon a sustainability directive they say will affect the bloc’s ability to import the fuel.

In an open letter released on Wednesday, US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and Qatar’s Energy Minister Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi said the EU and its member states must either repeal the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive or make sweeping changes that address their concerns.