"We still get a lot of LNG from Russia, and why not replace it with American LNG, which is cheaper for us and brings down our energy prices," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told reporters on Friday.
"It's something where we can get into a discussion," she said, referring to US's trade deficit with the eurozone, which reached $131.3 billion in 2022.
However, at least one EU country - Belgium - is calling on the bloc to ban Russian LNG imports to further squeeze Moscow's war chest.
The EU has also cut most of its piped natural gas imports from Russia, replacing much of it with LNG from the US- which is now a top exporter of the fuel to Europe, accounting for 46% of the bloc's supply in 2023.
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