Oil Sector Lobbies Trump to Spare It from Tariffs and Regulation

Oil industry heavyweights are lobbying President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration to make good on promises to bolster US energy dominance by offering more drilling opportunities, dialing back environmental regulations and insulating the sector from tariffs.

The proposals are spread across 42 pages of memos to 10 agencies the American Petroleum Institute is presenting to Trump’s transition team, which together outline how the president-elect can translate his “drill, baby, drill” pledge into action. The organization is the US oil industry’s primary voice in Washington and has a long history influencing the nation’s energy policy. It’s now poised to wield even greater ...