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Trump extends Jones Act waiver, citing national security

(The Center Square) — The Trump administration has suspended for an additional 90 days a law forbidding foreign-owned and crewed ships from transporting goods between U.S. ports in an effort to contain price increases and to advance national security aims.

“President Trump issued a 90-day extension to the Jones Act waiver,” Taylor Rogers of the White House said recently in a social media post.

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