Jessica Morales sat down with Leslie Beyer, president of the Petroleum Equipment & Services Association (PESA), to discuss several industry concerns ranging from the effort by the federal government to help U.S. oil and gas production grow to how the industry can recruit and retain the future workforce.

In addition Beyer was asked about the effect of trade wars on the oilfield services sector. Beyer said, in part, “The trades have the unintended negative consequences of affecting our global competitiveness.”