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The United States needs more heavy oil for a whole series of reasons. President Joe Biden could have chosen to have that oil come from a close friend and ally, environmentally conscious Canada, or from one of the world’s nastiest regimes, Nicolas Maduro’s Venezuela, which doesn’t give a toss about the environment.
In the relationship between nations, trade plays a significant role. Central to the ties between New Delhi and Doha is LNG, the fuel on which India is critically dependent — and of which Qatar is the predominant supplier. This is the context in which diplomacy around the eight Indians on death row will take place.