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Shale-Oil Bosses Slam Trump’s Tariffs in Anonymous Survey

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In public, the US oil and gas industry has been supportive of President Donald Trump. But in private, some industry executives are expressing a negative view, highlighting a growing tension between Trump’s energy agenda and the impact of his trade policies.

The criticism was revealed Wednesday in the latest energy survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. The quarterly publication is widely read within the energy sector and features anonymous, unfiltered comments from respondents working at drilling and fracking companies.