Executive Branch

Trump Rolls Back Biden-Era Fuel Standards, Admin Says It Will Save Americans $109 Billion

The president welcomed American car manufacturing executives to the White House for the signing of the executive order.
Trump Rolls Back Biden-Era Fuel Standards, Admin Says It Will Save Americans $109 Billion
New Jeep vehicles sit on a Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram dealership's lot in Miami on Oct. 3, 2023. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Travis Gillmore
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WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump eliminated fuel standard regulations imposed by President Joe Biden with an executive order signed on Dec. 3 in the Oval Office.

“We’re officially terminating Joe Biden’s ridiculously burdensome, horribly actually, [fuel economy] standards that imposed expensive restrictions and all sorts of problems,” Trump said.

Travis Gillmore
Travis Gillmore
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Travis Gillmore is a White House reporter for The Epoch Times. He previously covered the California legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom. Contact him at [email protected]
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