Sec. 4. Statement of policy
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It is the policy of the United States— to engage and lead on international emissions reductions and adaptation, including assisting allies and partners in reducing higher emissions fuel sources through exports of cleaner-burning United States-produced fuels and emission-reduction technologies; to advance United States foreign policy and development goals by assisting allies and partners of the United States in the Indo-Pacific region to decrease their dependence on energy resources from countries that use energy dependence to coerce, intimidate, and influence other countries; to develop strategies to counter competition from the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China to protect the energy and national security of the United States and the energy and national security of allies and partners of the United States in the Indo-Pacific region; to support free and open trade in clean-burning energy products and promote the continued development of lower-emissions energy fuels and technologies in the Indo-Pacific region; to improve free, fair, and reciprocal energy trading relationships with allies and partners of the United States in the Indo-Pacific region; to promote the energy security of allies and partners of the United States in the Indo-Pacific region by encouraging the development of energy infrastructure and accessible, transparent, and competitive energy markets that provide diversified sources, types, and routes of energy; to encourage public and private sector investment in lower-emissions energy infrastructure projects in the Indo-Pacific region; to supply countries that rely on higher emitting fuel sources with cleaner burning and abundant alternatives; and to help facilitate the export of United States energy resources, technology, and expertise to global markets in a way that benefits the energy security of allies and partners of the United States in the Indo-Pacific region.