President Trump’s proposed tariffs not only will hit American pocket books, they can adversely impact America’s energy security.

China's tariffs on oil, gas and coal appear calibrated to avoid serious disturbance to global energy markets. Beijing said it would impose 15% tariffs on supercooled natural gas and coal from the U.S.

U.S. President Donald Trump slapped Canada and Mexico with duties of 25% and China with a 10% levy on Saturday, calling the measures necessary to combat illegal immigration and the drug trade.

The impact on China is likely to be limited, as U.S. crude has most recently accounted for less than 2% of Chinese imports, while U.S. LNG has represented no more than 12% of all LNG imports into China in recent months, according to Kpler data quoted by Russell.

Donald Trump announced tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada and China, but has paused two of them while the other issued retaliations.

China is the world's top energy importer but its purchases from the United States are relatively modest, blunting the impact of Beijing's move on Tuesday to slap retaliatory tariffs on imports of U.S.

China's tariffs - due to begin next Monday - would also apply to US oil and farm machinery, but more talks are due this week.

China's finance ministry said it would impose levies of 15% for U.S. coal and 10% for crude oil, farm equipment and some cars.

President Donald Trump’s will-he-or-won’t-he tariff drama is fraying nerves across the energy industry — even after Mexico and Canada persuaded him to hit the pause button today. His threats to impose steep levies on those countries plus China — the three major suppliers to the U.