Trump Names Icahn Regulatory Overhaul Adviser
President-elect Donald Trump named investor Carl Icahn special adviser on regulatory reform. “He is not only a brilliant negotiator, but also someone who is innately able to predict the future especially having to do with finances and economies,” Trump said…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Timely, relevant coverage of court proceedings and agency rulings involving tariffs, classification, valuation, origin and antidumping and countervailing duties. Each day, Trade Law Daily subscribers receive a daily headline email, in-depth PDF edition and access to all relevant documents via our trade law source document library and website.
in a statement Wednesday. “His help on the strangling regulations that our country is faced with will be invaluable.” Trump prioritized regulatory overhaul throughout his campaign, a focus that many believe could affect the FCC and other agencies’ operations. “Under President [Barack] Obama, America’s business owners have been crippled by over $1 trillion in new regulations and over 750 billion hours dealing with paperwork,” said Icahn, who was a majority stakeholder in XO Communications.