United States of America: Geschichte und Kultur (German Edition)

Bayer's success will depend heavily on the goodwill of American politicians. But the field in which the United States showcases its economic imperialism more unabashedly than anywhere else is energy policy -- particularly when it comes to the Russian natural gas pipeline Nord Stream 2.

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The project has been in planning stages for close to two years. Under the leadership of energy giant Gazprom, Russia plans to lay two more undersea pipes to join the Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline, which was laid several years ago. The project, in which the German companies Wintershall and Uniper are also investors, is expected to cost around 9. The pipeline has long been the subject of controversy.

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It is opposed by many Eastern European countries, including Poland and Ukraine, because they fear Russia will bypass them and cease pumping natural gas through overland lines, from which they earn billions of euros in transit fees. Others in the European Union, meanwhile, fear the second pipeline could result in an overdependence on Russian gas.

Ultimately, though, it is the Americans who have been most vocal in their objections. They view an energy partnership between Germany and Russia critically for geopolitical reasons. More importantly, though, they also want to supply Europe with liquified natural gas extracted through fracking in the United States. But that liquified gas is a lot more expensive than the Russian pipeline gas and Nord Stream 2 would make natural gas from the U. The Trump administration doesn't appear to be prepared to accept such a state of affairs and is now using all means at its disposal to fight the energy project, including measures that are at the very limits of what is legally allowed, as Economics Minister Altmaier recently experienced.

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On the sidelines of this year's award ceremony, Altmaier, a member of Chancellor Merkel's conservative Christian Democratic Union, spoke with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, whose country is one of the project's leading opponents. Altmaier wanted to know under what conditions Poroshenko would be prepared to abandon his resistance to Nord Stream 2 and whether he, Altmaier, could mediate during in his planned visit to Russia. He said he needed a commitment that gas would continue to be pumped overland through Ukraine, despite the Baltic Sea pipeline.

When Altmaier met a few days later with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow, he was able to secure precisely that promise from the Russians. But it still didn't move the pipeline forward: Poroshenko is said to have demanded further guarantees and concessions on the issue of Crimea. The Russians believe that the U. Washington, after all, intensified its campaign against Nord Stream at the exact same time that Altmaier was in Russia. Oudkirk said the U.

She said the pipeline presents an acute danger for the U. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell also got involved. He is even said to have raised his voice when speaking to Altmaier on the issue. The Americans have already indicated what they might do to prevent its construction. In addition to Wintershall and Uniper, the British-Dutch oil company Shell, the French utility company Engie and Austria's OMV have also invested in the planned construction of the multi-billion-euro project.

The Trump administration is threatening to impose tough sanctions on the companies if they don't abandon the gas pipeline project. This would be a heavy blow for the firms, which are active internationally.

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The Russians suspect that diplomatic pressure, intimidation and sanctions aren't the only means being deployed by the Americans to prevent the pipeline's construction. It's also possible that compliant partners are being generously rewarded. In Denmark, for example, a country which accepted the construction of the Nord Stream 1 pipes through areas along the Danish coast in without opposition, project partners have observed a strange development.

In November, the Danish Parliament passed a rather surprising law which could prohibit the construction of Nord Stream 2 through Danish territorial waters. Since the passage of that legislation, the Danish government has postponed approval on a week by week basis. People inside the Nord Stream consortium believe they have identified the culprit for the change of heart.

They argue that it isn't based on the pretense that the pipeline will lead to a European overreliance on Russian gas.

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One internal email indicates that it has much more to do with tangible economic interests. The email notes that there has been a conspicuous and unusually strong increase in energy deals between Denmark and the U. Under pressure from the United States, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her defense minister have signaled an increased willingness to take military action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in case of a chemical weapons attack. But their options are limited by domestic reality. By Matthias Gebauer and Konstantin von Hammerstein more When Europeans land on the U.

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