Trump says the United States is becoming a major energy exporter, promoting coal trade agreements

Trump said today: "Under my leadership, we are becoming a major energy export country. In just the past few months, we have reached historic trade agreements with Japan, South Korea, India and other parties to significantly increase our coal exports."

Comment: Trump is loudly promoting the expansion of coal exports. Fundamentally, this is using relaxed environmental regulation and binding trade deals to use coal as a tool for energy diplomacy and domestic voter base in the midterm elections, focusing on the dual promotion of "energy hegemony and employment achievements." Although this move can temporarily boost exports and the election situation, it goes against the global trend towards low carbon.

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