The United States as the world hegemon because of the developed manufacturing industry, but now the United States is already in the stage of manufacturing hollow, in the United States industrial transformation, the United States has a strategic misjudgment, although from the Beginning of the Trump era, the United States called for the return of manufacturing to the United States, but "capital without borders", the US government's measures did not really let the manufacturing industry return to the United States. Under the impact of the new crown virus epidemic, the MANUFACTURING industry in the United States has suffered another shock, which is "worse" for the US economy. The U.S. economy is already shifting from manufacturing to resource exports, after the U.S. was pushing ahead with the development of shale gas and oil, and the U.S. was trying to build an edge in the field. 202111042/Global Defense Watch/Ali.
The United States has changed from an energy importer to an energy exporter, before the United States has long imported oil and gas resources from the Middle East, but it is "thirty years of Hedong and thirty years of Hexi", and the United States already needs to obtain funds through energy exports, which is a great irony. Australia, an ally of the United States, is also a resource exporter, and in fact, while exporting coal and iron ore, Australia is also exporting natural gas. Unlike Russia,which exports natural gas to China, the U.S. and Australia export natural gas that need to be transported by LNG carriers, which eliminates the need for natural gas pipeline transportation, which can reduce the cost of some hardware investment.
According to public information, the scale of Australia's exports of liquefied natural gas to China has exceeded the scale of exports to Japan, and since then Australia has begun to rely heavily on the Chinese market for natural gas exports. In the face of the surge in The share of Australian natural gas in the Chinese market, the United States can no longer sit still. The United States is a big energy exporter, obviously do not want to see Australia control the market share in China, so the United States manufacturers began to exert efforts, which has emerged the United States and Australia's "dog bites dog" situation. Before the Us manufacturers have robbed the share of coal exports, in the face of interests there is no "ally" relationship, but to see who has the biggest fist, obviously this time Australian Prime Minister Morrison to eat up.
China and the United States have signed an agreement to purchase liquefied natural gas, which, according to public reports, covers a period of 20 years, according to which the United States will export 4 million tons of LNG to China every year. The agreement between China and the United States on natural gas procurement is a direct shock to Australia's interests, and it is clear that it is necessary to grab 4 million tons of its share from Australia every year, which is a heavy loss for Australia. Australia is a resource exporter that relies heavily on the Chinese market, and in 2019-2020, the value of Australian exports to China accounted for 39% of Australia's total exports.
China is the largest importer of Australian goods, and although Australia is very dependent on China, it is unequivocal in its confrontation with China, and now China imports 4 million tons of liquefied natural gas from the United States every year, which can make the United States and Australia "dog bite dog". Australia eats Chinese food and smashes the Chinese pot is to pay a price, this time China uses the export of liquefied natural gas from the United States to counter Australia's strategy against China, for Morrison is "knocked down the front teeth and swallowed", because Australia does not dare to fight with the United States, can only watch the United States snatch 4 million tons of LNG orders from Australia every year.