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nitpicked

(1,819 posts) Wed Mar 18, 2026, 10:16 AM Mar 18

Trump waives U.S. shipping law for 60 days to steady oil market [View all]

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/18/trump-jones-act-oil-iran-war.html

President Donald Trump issued a 60-day waiver of a longstanding U.S. shipping law in an attempt to stabilize oil markets amid the Iran war, the White House confirmed to CNBC on Wednesday.

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Trump waives U.S. shipping law for 60 days to steady oil market [View all] nitpicked Mar 18 OP

WTI had been touching $99 nitpicked Mar 18 #1

But he just said high oil prices are good for America leftstreet Mar 18 #2

I think he meant American oil companies nitpicked Mar 18 #5

And RBOB had been 3.225 just before nitpicked Mar 18 #3

Excerpt: Passages Mar 18 #4

Markets must have reached the same conclusion nitpicked Mar 18 #6

Yep. Passages Mar 18 #8

Scraping the bottom of the barrel Boo1 Mar 18 #7