In his first days as President, Donald Trump issued several directives to expedite pipeline and energy infrastructure projects and bring pipe steel manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. On January 24, 2017, the President signed executive memoranda jumpstarting the stalled Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, stating “construction and operation of lawfully permitted pipeline infrastructure serves the national interest.” That same day, President Trump issued another memorandum directing the Secretary of Commerce to develop a plan requiring all new, retrofitted, repaired or expanded pipelines (or portions thereof) to use materials and equipment produced in the United States to the maximum extent possible.
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