US, Qatar Warn EU CSDDD Threatens LNG

At the 27th GECF ministerial in Doha, Qatar and the United States sent a joint open letter to EU leaders expressing deep concern that the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) could threaten the affordability, reliability and competitiveness of critical energy supplies and LNG exports. US Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Qatar’s Saad Sherida Al‑Kaabi urged the EU to repeal or make sweeping changes to the CSDDD, saying the law’s current wording and potential fines of up to 5% of global revenues could deter suppliers and harm industrial competitiveness. The intervention, described by some delegates as an existential threat to regional industry, highlights growing tensions between climate-regulation ambitions and immediate energy-security needs. Washington and Doha together supply roughly a fifth of the EU’s gas, and Qatar warned it may be unable to do business in the EU, including supplying LNG to plug Europe’s energy gap, if the rules are not changed.