Steel tariffs are creating headwinds for the U.S. energy sector, impeding with the government’s own objectives and stifling production, industry leaders said. “The Trump Administration has supported the development of robust domestic energy production. Energy infrastructure projects are complex, expensive, and depend on global supply chains,” Josh Zive, a senior principal at Bracewell LLP, told UPI. “The Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs are creating uncertainty and increasing costs for the development and construction of these energy infrastructure projects across the country.” Bracewell was responding to questions sent by UPI to media representatives at the American Institute for International Steel. Section 232 uses national defense concerns as justification to impose import duties on aluminum and steel. Representatives from the U.S. energy sector […]