Thailand Bids to Join Alaska Gas Project Before Tariff Talks

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Thailand said it’s interested in co-developing a massive gas pipeline project in Alaska backed by President Donald Trump, as the Southeast Asian nation explores ways to cut its $46 billion trade surplus with the US before tariff talks.

Thai officials discussed Bangkok’s potential involvement in the $44 billion Alaska venture — a long-delayed pipeline that will stretch across the state — through investments in gas exploration and production and related infrastructure with project officials, the Ministry of Energy said in a statement on Thursday.