Jiang says Europe's pivot from Russian energy to Qatari LNG is failing because Middle East war has now shut down that substitute as well.
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"...point out, the Europeans then pivoted to the Middle East, primarily Qatar. And now, Qatar has basically shut down all LNG production. And so,..."
"...Petrodollar is where Saudi Arabia and other Middle East countries, like Qatar, UAE, they only sell their oil in US dollars."
"...energy needs from the Middle East. Not just Iran, but also Qatar and Saudi Arabia. A lot of people say that China today is..."
"...nations in the Middle East that align politically. So they include Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Oman, Iran, Kuwait. They've been exporting energy, but..."
"...Saudi Arabia, of states like Saudi Arabia and the UAE and Qatar and so on. So there's a lot going on here, isn't there?..."
"...into Iran, but we invested more into the GCC, Saudi Arabia, Qatar. So let's get the Iranians to stop fighting this war, all right?"
"...China would buy American what? LNG. Oh, LNG. Yeah. Yeah. Because Qatar can't supply LNG now. Yeah. I wouldn't be terribly surprised. I mean,..."
"...Iran, and Iranians responded by attacking the natural gas fields of Qatar. So war is a factor. Another factor is just accidental. It's an..."
"...was bombed by the israelis and then israelis responded by attacking qatar russia is being attacked by ukraine and um the big one is..."
"...East not just from Iran but also from Saudi Arabia and Qatar so Qatar and Saudi Arabia has been applying pressure on China to..."
"...up to obviously can stand up to iran israel the uae qatar qatar saudi arabia they got no chance of of standing up to..."
"...its neighboring gulf states has massively antagonized the uae saudi arabia qatar and others they've gone after them in their most vulnerable areas really..."
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