Asia Energy Imports From the U.S. Slide

Energy commodity imports from the United States to Asia declined over the first five months of the year despite efforts by President Trump to use them as a tool of shrinking trade surpluses with Asian nations. Crude oil imports between February and May declined from 1.55 million barrels daily to 1.53 million barrels daily, Kpler data showed, as cited by Reuters’ Clyde Russell. Over the same period, imports of liquefied natural gas dropped by as much as 40%, to4.78 million tons from 8.04 million tons a year earlier. Coal imports from the U.S.…