Taiwan’s Middle East energy supply is ‘immensely vulnerable’
Original interview by NTD News
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As the Iranian regime tries to weaponize the flow of energy through the Strait of Hormuz, a congressman is proposing a bill to strengthen energy trade between the United States and Taiwan, specifically with LNG, or liquefied natural gas.
The self-governing island relies heavily on imported fuel, with its state-owned energy company saying about a third of its oil and LNG came from the Middle East last year.
NTD spoke with Grant Newsham, a retired U.S. Marine colonel, senior fellow at the Center for Security Policy, and author of “When China Attacks.”
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