Trump's Ag Sec may be even worse than Vilsack, if that's possible.--Tom M.
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From: Laurel Hopwood <[log in to unmask]>
To: CONS-SPST-BIOTECH-FORUM <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tue, Apr 25, 2017 8:31 pm
Subject: BREAKING: TRUMP PUSHES GMOS IN EXECUTIVE ORDER
BREAKING: TRUMP PUSHES GMOS IN EXECUTIVE ORDER
President Trump has just signed a new Executive Order, this time specifically on agriculture, directing the Secretary of Agriculture to undertake a 180-day review to “identify and eliminate" what Trump says are "unnecessary regulations”. The Presidential Order also creates a new task force to recommend eliminating food and agriculture legislation, policies, and regulations that might hinder the profit-making of “agribusiness.”
The details are slim. We know that regulations regarding the oversight, production, and export of GE crops are high on the list. The Executive Order also seems to push for faster and/or easier approvals for pesticides and biotech crops, pushing biotech crops abroad to ease export market access ...
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