Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski and John Cornyn, who represent two of the largest oil-producing states, are not big fans of the Trump administration’s plan to impose tariffs on imported steel and aluminum.
Murkowski said the tariff decision yesterday took her by surprise. The move “sends a confusing message to our friends and allies” who are just starting to buy U.S. energy exports, the Alaska senator told attendees of the CERAWeek by IHS Markit conference in Houston on Friday.