In January, I wrote about President Donald Trump on his first day in office signing an executive order that appeared designed to help implement his express desire to roll back many of the United States government restrictions imposed over the last few decades that have limited Americans’ choices for products used in their homes. Three months later, it looks like the Trump administration is following through in a significant way toward accomplishing this objective.
Check out Marc Oestreich’s Reason article from last week for details regarding how the Trump administration has been making regulatory changes that promise to provide more choices in home and business appliances. As explained by Oestreich, the changes, though just a start toward fixing the problem, should help ensure Americans will be able to purchase new appliances that work better, cost less, and use less energy (measured by how products are actually used instead of by laboratory energy efficiency tests) than the products they would otherwise be limited to purchasing.
