Trump extends Jones Act waiver for 90 days, narrows scope
US President Donald Trump has extended for 90 days a waiver allowing foreign-flagged ships to transport oil and other commodities between US ports but imposed new limits after shipbuilders and their allies in Congress argued the policy was undermining the domestic maritime industry, the White House said.
The extension
Trump extends Jones Act waiver to ease fuel prices, but with new limits
President Donald Trump has issued a 90-day extension of the Jones Act waiver, allowing refiners to ship fuels between U.S. ports with foreign-flagged vessels for longer, despite pressure from the domestic maritime industry. The action, the third such extension of the waiver, is part of an effort to place downward pres
Trump extends Jones Act waiver, with limits, in bid to tamp down energy prices
The Trump administration is once again waiving U.S. shipping rules as part of an effort to keep gasoline and other fuel costs down, the White House said Monday. In particular, it issued another 90-day waiver of the Jones Act, a 100-year-old law that requires shipping between U.S. ports to be conducted by American ships
