Trump temporarily waives maritime shipping law to ease energy costs
myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com · Thu Mar 19 01:25:46 GMT 2026
WASHINGTON, March 19: President Donald Trump on Wednesday temporarily waived a century-old shipping law to help ease energy costs that have surged since US-Israeli strikes on Iran plunged the Middle East into war.
Trump's move to issue a 60-day Jones Act waiver would lift a ban on foreign-flagged vessels transporting cargo between US ports over this period.
Read full story at source (myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com)