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Mozambique: USA Moves Ahead of China and Russia on Natural Gas

Mozambique: USA Moves Ahead of China and Russia on Natural Gas

(Maputo, Lisbon) The decision by the US Export-Import Bank (EXIM US) to extend the financing of the operation of the Mozambique LNG/ Area 1 consortium in Cabo Delgado, anticipating China and Russia, gives the project a central status in the effort by DONALD TRUMP´ administration to reverse the growing trend of loss of US influence in Africa, in the face of Chinese and Russian “predatory” intentions on the continent - as described in 2018 by former national security adviser JOHN BOLTON. READ MORE