Abstract
Given the virtual certainty that controversy over the Soviet gas pipeline is not dead but dormant, US policymakers would do well to learn more about the whys and wherefores of European gas trade. This study argues that it is only in terms of domestic, economic, and political contexts that one can understand certain actions such as Algerian insistence on unacceptable prices in the El Paso negotiations, Norwegian reluctance to develop North Sea gas fields, Belgian subsidies of imported LNG, and Dutch changes in reserve depletion policy. Concerning the Soviet pipeline, the book suggests that the decisive factors are the commercial attractiveness to importers of Soviet gas supplies, in terms of price and reliability, and the USSR's need for exports to generate hard currency. If so, there would seem to be very little the American government can do to effect a change of heart.
Citation Formats
Stern, J P.
International gas trade in Europe: the policies of exporting and importing countries.
United Kingdom: N. p.,
1984.
Web.
Stern, J P.
International gas trade in Europe: the policies of exporting and importing countries.
United Kingdom.
Stern, J P.
1984.
"International gas trade in Europe: the policies of exporting and importing countries."
United Kingdom.
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title = {International gas trade in Europe: the policies of exporting and importing countries}
author = {Stern, J P}
abstractNote = {Given the virtual certainty that controversy over the Soviet gas pipeline is not dead but dormant, US policymakers would do well to learn more about the whys and wherefores of European gas trade. This study argues that it is only in terms of domestic, economic, and political contexts that one can understand certain actions such as Algerian insistence on unacceptable prices in the El Paso negotiations, Norwegian reluctance to develop North Sea gas fields, Belgian subsidies of imported LNG, and Dutch changes in reserve depletion policy. Concerning the Soviet pipeline, the book suggests that the decisive factors are the commercial attractiveness to importers of Soviet gas supplies, in terms of price and reliability, and the USSR's need for exports to generate hard currency. If so, there would seem to be very little the American government can do to effect a change of heart.}
place = {United Kingdom}
year = {1984}
month = {Jan}
}
title = {International gas trade in Europe: the policies of exporting and importing countries}
author = {Stern, J P}
abstractNote = {Given the virtual certainty that controversy over the Soviet gas pipeline is not dead but dormant, US policymakers would do well to learn more about the whys and wherefores of European gas trade. This study argues that it is only in terms of domestic, economic, and political contexts that one can understand certain actions such as Algerian insistence on unacceptable prices in the El Paso negotiations, Norwegian reluctance to develop North Sea gas fields, Belgian subsidies of imported LNG, and Dutch changes in reserve depletion policy. Concerning the Soviet pipeline, the book suggests that the decisive factors are the commercial attractiveness to importers of Soviet gas supplies, in terms of price and reliability, and the USSR's need for exports to generate hard currency. If so, there would seem to be very little the American government can do to effect a change of heart.}
place = {United Kingdom}
year = {1984}
month = {Jan}
}