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Trump Tariffs May Make It Too Expensive to β€˜Drill, Baby, Drill’

President Trump’s tariff polices have sent oil prices falling, which may push energy companies to reconsider their plans to drill.

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A pump jack on the prairies near Claresholm, Alberta.

Oil Executives Refrain From Publicly Criticizing Trump or His Tariffs

Eager to stay in Mr. Trump’s good graces, oil executives refrain from publicly criticizing the president. But privately, β€˜Everybody’s afraid.’

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Oil and gas executives have privately decried the uncertainty that President Trump’s tariffs have sown, including in a recent anonymized survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
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