"US manufacturers who late last year asked the incoming Trump administration for a "regulatory reset" have seen roughly 80% of their specific regulatory requests acted on in just the first eight months of Trump taking office. The fast action across various agencies comes after 100 manufacturing industry groups sent a letter to then President-elect Donald Trump last December complaining of a "regulatory onslaught" under the Biden administration that the group said was "strangling" the economy."
"The letter, spearheaded by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), which represents roughly 14,000 US companies across various industries, listed 29 specific requests for regulatory rollbacks and pro-industry policies that have environmental, energy, food, intellectual property and financial impacts. The industry asks included loosening various air pollution regulations and pausing rulemaking around perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) - a class of chemicals widely used in manufacturing that include many found to be highly hazardous to human health."
Late last year, 100 manufacturing industry groups requested a "regulatory reset" from the incoming Trump administration, listing 29 specific regulatory rollbacks and pro-industry policies. The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) spearheaded the letter; NAM represents roughly 14,000 US companies. Requests targeted environmental, energy, food, intellectual property, and financial rules, including loosening air pollution regulations and pausing rulemaking on PFAS chemicals. Federal agencies have acted on at least 23 of the 29 requests by scrapping or partially amending rules or signaling intention via executive orders or proposed rule changes. Industry leaders have applauded these regulatory changes.
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