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Soaring gas prices prompt Trump to ease oil tanker rules – how waiving the Jones Act affects what you pay at the pump

  • Written by Christopher Niezrecki, Director of the Center for Energy Innovation, UMass Lowell
Soaring gas prices prompt Trump to ease oil tanker rules – how waiving the Jones Act affects what you pay at the pumpSuspending the Jones Act allows foreign-based oil tankers to sail between U.S. ports. AP Photo/Eric Gay

The Trump administration temporarily suspended the Jones Act on March 18, 2026, as part of its efforts to bring down soaring U.S. gasoline prices.

But what does this more-than-century-old law, which originally was designed to support the shipping...

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