President Trump is expected to discuss “energy security” as part of his meeting Wednesday afternoon with Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission. Juncker's visit is his first to Washington since Trump's contentious meeting with Germany and other European Union members last week.

One of Trump’s top agenda items while in Brussels was to pressure the European Union over its support of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline through Germany. The pipeline is expected to come up again at Wednesday’s meeting at the White House, along with trade issues and retaliation by Europe against Trump’s tariffs on aluminum, steel, and other products.

The White House said last week that “energy security” will be among a "wide range of priorities" discussed during the meeting, including foreign and security policy, counterterrorism, and economic growth.

"President Trump and President Juncker will focus on improving transatlantic trade and forging a stronger economic partnership," said White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders.

Larry Kudlow, director of the White House National Economic Council, said last week at a CNBC conference that the European Commission president is expected to be “bringing a very important free trade offer." He could not elaborate, however.

On the energy front, it’s much more cut-and-dry what Trump wants from Europe. He wants them to buy more liquefied natural gas from the U.S. It’s something he has brought up in individual conversations with European country officials over the last month and on the sidelines of last month’s World Gas Conference.

He tried to make this clear at last week’s meeting with E.U. members in Brussels, although it came across as antagonistic.

Trump called the European Union a “foe” when it came to trade, while also saying Germany was a “captive” to Russia when it came to energy. The comments have been seen driving a wedge between the U.S. and Europe on trade and energy.

The White House said the meeting with Juncker will be closed to media, followed by a meeting with lawmakers at the White House to discuss trade and the White House's $12 billion initiative to help farmers cope with tariffs imposed by China and the Europeans in retaliation to Trump's tariff actions.

On Thursday, Energy Secretary Rick Perry will participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the nation's second large natural gas export terminal, and the first on the East Coast, outside of Washington in Lusby, Md.

The Cove Point terminal is owned by the large Virginia-based utility company Dominion. The terminal will provide one of the closest direct routes to expand U.S. natural gas shipments to Europe.

On Wednesday, Perry announced that the agency is moving forward with new regulations to "expedite the permitting of certain small-scale exports of natural gas” to South and Central America.

“The so-called 'small-scale rule' will further unleash American energy by reducing the regulatory burden on American businesses while also providing significant benefits to our trading partners in in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America,” Perry said.