Photo: CNAIt would also authorize the US departments of commerce, defense, energy and state to promote US energy exports to Taiwan, and help Taiwan diversify and protect its energy infrastructure and supply. The bill would “harden a critical weak point in the Indo-Pacific balance of power: Taiwan’s energy dependence,” the statement said. Prioritizing US LNG exports to Taiwan would reduce hostile powers’ leverage over Taiwan’s energy supply, it said. Enhancing Taiwan-US cooperation on energy security would also help protect Taiwan’s energy grids and storage systems from different forms of attack, it added. Minister of Economic Affairs Kung Ming-hsin (龔明鑫) on Monday said that LNG supplies for this month and next month would require the equivalent of 22 shipments.

Source: Taipei Times March 11, 2026 16:06 UTC