What is the Jones Act, and how could its suspension ease fuel prices?

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As oil prices continue to rise and fall due to conflict in the Middle East, the Trump administration issued a 60-day suspension of the Jones Act to give customers a reprieve from higher prices at the pump.

The action has drawn fresh attention to the 1920 shipping measure signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson. 

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