{"id":118516,"date":"2025-07-29T18:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T16:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/?p=118516"},"modified":"2025-07-29T18:29:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T16:29:18","slug":"eu-us-trade-deal-risks-derailing-europes-decarbonisation-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/hr\/eu-us-trade-deal-risks-derailing-europes-decarbonisation-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"EU\u2013US trade deal risks derailing Europe\u2019s decarbonisation efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>As the European Commission\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/qanda_25_1930\">hails<\/a>\u00a0its new EU\u2013US trade deal as a win for transatlantic ties and economic stability, green groups are sounding the alarm.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The European Environmental Bureau (EEB), Europe\u2019s largest network of environmental NGOs, warns that the centrepiece of the deal, a \u20ac700 billion pledge to buy U.S. fossil fuels and nuclear energy over the next three years, is fundamentally incompatible with the EU\u2019s 2030 climate targets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Luke Haywood<\/strong>, Head of Climate and Energy at EEB, says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThis deal flies in the face of the EU\u2019s climate commitments. Tripling U.S. energy imports in just three years isn\u2019t only physically implausible, it would derail the EU\u2019s mid-term decarbonisation targets. Credible pathways to the EU\u2019s 2030 climate targets are incompatible with more imported oil and gas, slow-to-build nuclear reactors and unproven small modular reactors. We should be doubling down on renewables, energy efficiency and electrification. This deal sends a dangerous and dissonant signal to the world.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The EEB highlights the following concerns:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">The claim that these volumes of US energy imports will substitute for Russian imports is not credible. According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/statistics-explained\/index.php?oldid=554503\">Eurostat<\/a>, the US already holds a 50% share of the EU&#8217;s liquefied natural gas (LNG) market. Even fully replacing the remaining\u00a0<strong>17% supplied by Russia would add only around \u20ac9 billion annually<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; just 2.5% of total EU energy imports.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">In 2024, total EU energy imports were\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/statistics-explained\/index.php?oldid=554503\">valued<\/a>\u00a0at around \u20ac370 billion. Even under the most radical scenarios, shifting oil and gas imports to the U.S. would deliver less than \u20ac100 billion extra per year &#8211; far short of the $250 billion\/year target touted in the deal.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The EEB is calling on the European Parliament and Member States to scrutinise and reject any elements of the agreement that undermine Europe\u2019s climate goals, energy sovereignty, or international credibility.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">ENDs<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the European Commission\u00a0hails\u00a0its new EU\u2013US trade deal as a win for transatlantic ties and economic stability, green groups are sounding the alarm. 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