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Trump touts US$200 billion South Korean energy deal ahead of US midterms

Agence France-Presse · South China Morning Post

Published 1 Oct 2026, 11:44 am·6 d ago·1 min read

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US President Donald Trump has announced US$200 billion in energy investments from South Korea, including US$54 billion towards a long-discussed liquefied natural gas project in Alaska and more than US$100 billion in planned longer-term nuclear power investments. Besides the Alaska LNG project and pipeline and the nuclear plants, the Trump administration announced a US$22.3 billion natural gas-fired power project in Texas that would be supported by Seoul. “The colossal package of investments we...

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