Taiwan Will Send Delegation to Alaska LNG Talks Next Week

Taiwan will send a delegation to a summit in Alaska to discuss procuring liquefied natural gas from a long-delayed project championed by US President Donald Trump.

“We already got the invitation” from the US, Taiwan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Chen Ming-chi said in an interview with Bloomberg News on Thursday, referring the Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference from June 3 to 5. A high-ranking official will lead the delegation, he said.

Taiwan is interested in purchasing LNG from the US project, as well as investing in the necessary pipeline and related infrastructure for the facility, Chen said. He declined to disclose ...