A White House spokeswoman said Friday that the “buy American” rules in Trump’s order clearing way for pipelines won’t apply to the high-profile Keystone project, which will carry crude oil from Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast.
“The way that the Executive Order is written is actually … specific to new pipelines or those that are being repaired,” the spokeswoman said. “Since [Keystone] is already currently under construction … it was hard to go back. Everything moving forward would be all under that executive order.”
But Trump has vowed repeatedly that only steel from American steelmakers could be used on Keystone as well as other U.S. oil pipelines. He said so the day he signed the Executive Order, as well as in his address to Congress this week.
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Trump also alluded to the requirement when he met with U.S. Steel (X) CEO Mario Longhi at the White House last week.
“You’re going to be doing pipelines now, you know that?” he said to Longhi. “We put you heavy into the pipeline business.”
Source: Despite Trump promises, Keystone pipeline won’t have to use American steel – Mar. 3, 2017
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