Amid soaring gas prices and domestic power shortages, China has signed three large-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) deals with U.S. exporter Venture Global LNG to secure long-term supplies. For the past three years, China had imposed tariffs on U.S. natural gas due to the U.S.-China trade war. According to the United States Department of Energy, the agreements with China’s state-owned oil giant Sinopec include two 20-year deals with a combined 4 million tonnes of LNG per year. Huang Jun, a Chinese economist in the United States, told The Epoch Times that this large-scale transaction between the U.S. and China might be related to the virtual meeting between U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He on Oct. 8. Tai announced earlier on Oct. 4 that she would seek “frank” discussions in the virtual talks with China’s Vice Premier Liu He and hold China to its commitments under Phase …